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.
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Subjects Semantics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics | Typology
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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
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 | Chapter
2010 Introduction The Expression of Information Structure: A documentation of its diversity across Africa, Fiedler, Ines and Anne Schwarz (eds.), pp. vii–xii
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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
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 | Article