TY  - JOUR
A1  - Hartmann, Katharina
A1  - Zimmermann, Malte
T1  - Focus strategies in chadic
BT  - the case of tangale revisited
JF  - Interdisciplinary studies on information structure : ISIS ; working papers of the SFB 632
N2  - We argue that the standard focus theories reach their limits when confronted with the focus systems of the Chadic languages. The backbone of the standard focus theories consists of two assumptions, both called into question by the languages under consideration. Firstly, it is standardly assumed that focus is generally marked by stress. The Chadic languages, however, exhibit a variety of different devices for focus marking. Secondly, it is assumed that focus is always marked. In Tangale, at least, focus is not marked consistently on all types of constituents. The paper offers two possible solutions to this dilemma.
KW  - tone languages
KW  - focus marking
KW  - focus movement
Y1  - 2004
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-8423
SN  - 1866-4725
SN  - 1614-4708
IS  - 1
SP  - 207
EP  - 243
ER  -