A Case Based Account Of Bantu Iav-Focus
| dc.contributor.author | Selvanathan, Naga | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-03-19T08:49:11Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-03-19T08:49:11Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-08-13 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Right dislocation (Cheng & Downing 2012) and movement to a low FocP (van der Wal 2006) are competing analyses of Immediately-After-Verb (IAV) focus. In this paper, I discuss novel Lubukusu IAV focus data which shows that 1) IAV focus requires movement to a low FP and that 2) IAV focus is not a purely focus related phenomenon. Adopting Baker & Collins (2006) analysis of Linkers, I propose that movement to a low FP for focus interpretation is a strategy of case assignment to DPs within the VP. This analysis is shown to be superior to a purely right dislocation analysis as it can also better account for IAV focus asymmetries between Zulu and Lubukusu. | |
| dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3367191 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://africarxiv.ubuntunet.net/handle/1/936 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.60763/africarxiv/889 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.60763/africarxiv/889 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.60763/africarxiv/889 | |
| dc.subject | Bantu | |
| dc.subject | IAV-focus | |
| dc.subject | Lubukusu | |
| dc.subject | focus data | |
| dc.title | A Case Based Account Of Bantu Iav-Focus |