Focus strategies in chadic
- 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.
| Verfasserangaben: | Katharina Hartmann, Malte ZimmermannORCiDGND |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-8423 |
| ISSN: | 1866-4725 |
| ISSN: | 1614-4708 |
| Titel des übergeordneten Werks (Deutsch): | Interdisciplinary studies on information structure : ISIS ; working papers of the SFB 632 |
| Untertitel (Deutsch): | the case of tangale revisited |
| Publikationstyp: | Wissenschaftlicher Artikel |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2004 |
| Veröffentlichende Institution: | Universität Potsdam |
| Datum der Freischaltung: | 08.09.2006 |
| Freies Schlagwort / Tag: | focus marking; focus movement; tone languages |
| Ausgabe: | 1 |
| Erste Seite: | 207 |
| Letzte Seite: | 243 |
| Quelle: | Interdisciplinary studies on information structure : ISIS ; working papers of the SFB 632. - Vol. 1 |
| RVK - Regensburger Verbundklassifikation: | ER 300 |
| Organisationseinheiten: | Extern / Extern |
| DDC-Klassifikation: | 4 Sprache / 40 Sprache / 400 Sprache |
| Sammlung(en): | Universität Potsdam / Schriftenreihen / Interdisciplinary studies on information structure : ISIS ; working papers of the SFB 632, ISSN 1866-4725 / ISIS (2004) 01 |
| Lizenz (Deutsch): |  Keine öffentliche Lizenz: Unter Urheberrechtsschutz |
| Externe Anmerkung: | erschienen in: Interdisciplinary studies on information structure : ISIS ; Working papers of the SFB 632. - Potsdam : Univ.-Verl., 2004. - (ISIS ; 1) URN: urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-8237 zugleich in Printform erschienen im Universitätsverlag Potsdam. |
