Discourse strategies in Pulaar the use of focus
This paper uses the concept of discourse cohesion as a basis for looking at certain sentence emphasis patterns in Pulaar (Fula). In particular, four patterns of focus are examined, first syntactically and then pragmatically. Focus in Pulaar can be divided according to clefting and pseudo-clefting pa...
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Main Author: | Sonja Fagerberg |
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Format: | article |
Language: | EN FR |
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LibraryPress@UF
1983
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Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/22d421d8a8cf427fb11fdbd8c34df7c3 |
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