A whole lotta focusin' goin' on information packaging in Somali texts
The article deals with the pragmatics of focus marking in Somali written texts. The use of the nominal focus markers baa and ayaa, of clefts, of noun incor-poration and of the particle waa is analyzed. Concerning the latter, it is argued that the verbal-focus effect often associated with it is more...
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LibraryPress@UF
2002
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| Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/56e9fe348ce14bfba67c05c03c070afb |
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