| Focus Strategies in African Languages: The Interaction of Focus and Grammar in Niger-Congo and Afro-Asiatic Contributor(s): Aboh, Enoch Oladé (Editor), Hartmann, Katharina (Editor), Zimmermann, Malte (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3110195933 ISBN-13: 9783110195934 Publisher: Walter de Gruyter OUR PRICE: $179.54 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2007 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Pragmatics - Language Arts & Disciplines | Grammar & Punctuation |
| Dewey: 496.36 |
| LCCN: 2007042927 |
| Series: Trends in Linguistics: Studies and Monographs |
| Physical Information: 0.93" H x 6.35" W x 9.25" (1.32 lbs) 330 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The book contains a collection of articles on focus in the Niger-Congo and Afro-Asiatic language groups. It investigates focus-related phenomena from different theoretical and methodological perspectives: the interaction of focus and prosody, the effect of focus on word order, the inventory of focus-marking devices, and others. The volume enhances the understanding of focus-marking in natural language. |