@article{Schwarz2007, author = {Schwarz, Anne}, title = {The particles l{\´e} and l{\´a} in the grammar of Konkomba}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-19449}, year = {2007}, abstract = {The paper investigates focus marking devices in the scarcely documented North-Ghanaian Gur language Konkomba. The two particles l{\´e} and l{\´a} occur under specific focus conditions and are therefore regarded as focus markers in the sparse literature. Comparing the distribution and obligatoriness of both alleged focus markers however, I show that one of the particles, l{\´e}, is better analyzed as a connective particle, i.e. as a syntactic rather than as a genuine pragmatic marker, and that comparable syntactic focus marking strategies for sentence-initial constituents are also known from related languages.}, language = {en} }