Publications

Publication details [#7259]

Oomen, Antoinette. 1978. Focus in the Rendille clause. Studies in African Linguistics 9 (1) : 35–65.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

focus | predicate

Language as a subject

Rendille

Person as a subject

Halliday, M.A.K.

Annotation

Focus structure in the Rendille clause is analyzed in Halliday's terminology. There are said to be two focus markers: the '+predicate focus marker' and the '- predicate focus marker'. (Rendille is a language spoken in Kenya).