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Cleft StructuresEdited by Katharina Hartmann and Tonjes Veenstra
[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today 208] 2013
► pp. 141–164
Edited by Katharina Hartmann and Tonjes Veenstra
[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today 208] 2013
► pp. 141–164
Clefts in Durban Zulu
In this paper, we argue that clefts in Zulu have a bipartite structure: a copular sentence with an adjoined DP/clause. This structure accounts for the prosody of clefts. Each constituent is parsed into a separate Intonation Phrase by the independently motivated phrasing algorithm of Zulu. It also accounts for the syntactic properties of Zulu clefts. We further argue that the nature of agreement in Zulu copular sentences support a pronominal predicate analysis. Keywords: Prosody of clefts; copular sentences; pronominal predicate
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