The Expression of Information Structure: A documentation of its diversity across Africa
Edited by Ines Fiedler and Anne Schwarz
[Typological Studies in Language, 91] 2010. xii, 383 pp.
Anne Schwarz
List of John Benjamins publications for which Anne Schwarz plays a role.
Title
Subjects Semantics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics | Typology
Articles
2018 Chapter 7. Between verb and noun: Exploration into the domain of nonverbal predication in Ecuadorian Secoya Nonverbal Predication in Amazonian Languages, Overall, Simon E., Rosa Vallejos and Spike Gildea (eds.), pp. 193–216 | Chapter
This article describes nonverbal predication in Ecuadorian Secoya, an underdescribed West Tukanoan language. The repertoire includes a particle copula with restricted verbal features, a locative-existential copula verb which fulfills an auxiliary function with verbal and nonverbal predicates, and… read more
2010 Introduction The Expression of Information Structure: A documentation of its diversity across Africa, Fiedler, Ines and Anne Schwarz (eds.), pp. vii–xii | Article
2010 Verb-and-predication focus markers in Gur The Expression of Information Structure: A documentation of its diversity across Africa, Fiedler, Ines and Anne Schwarz (eds.), pp. 287–314 | Article
The article investigates the role of a group of cognate “ME”-particles in the complex focus systems of four Gur languages. On the basis of new data it is revealed that the particles have a presuppositional structure and mark narrow focus on the verb’s denotation or on verbal operators in varying… read more