Information structuring in Akan question-word fronting and focus constructions

Wh-question fronting and focus constructions in Akan have three structural characteristics in common: constituent fronting, introduction of a clitic morpheme after the fronted constituent, and pronoun resumption in a canonical clause position. In comparing these constructions to each other and to re...

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Autores principales:	Charles Marfo, Adams Bodomo
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Lenguaje:	EN FR
Publicado:	LibraryPress@UF 2005
Materias:	Akan wh-questions fronting LFG Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:aae567cf7e3542eba7c82f36ae2583362021-11-19T03:53:10ZInformation structuring in Akan question-word fronting and focus constructions10.32473/sal.v34i2.1073300039-35332154-428Xhttps://doaj.org/article/aae567cf7e3542eba7c82f36ae2583362005-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.flvc.org/sal/article/view/107330https://doaj.org/toc/0039-3533https://doaj.org/toc/2154-428XWh-question fronting and focus constructions in Akan have three structural characteristics in common: constituent fronting, introduction of a clitic morpheme after the fronted constituent, and pronoun resumption in a canonical clause position. In comparing these constructions to each other and to related canonical constructions, one is confronted with the question whether the same discourse-contextual information is consistently expressed in both constructions. Using the framework of Lexical-Functional Grammar, we show that both whquestion fronting and focus constructions share representations in the constituent and functional structure. Considering the individual discourse-contextual information expressed in wh-question fronting and focus constructions, as compared to the discourse-contextual information expressed in the respective in situ and canonical clause counterparts, however, we show that a variance is drawn between them in the information structure. In a further constraint-based analysis, Optimality-Theoretic LFG is used to clarify the proposals made.Charles MarfoAdams BodomoLibraryPress@UFarticleAkanwh-questionsfrontingLFGPhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091ENFRStudies in African Linguistics, Vol 34, Iss 2 (2005)
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description	Wh-question fronting and focus constructions in Akan have three structural characteristics in common: constituent fronting, introduction of a clitic morpheme after the fronted constituent, and pronoun resumption in a canonical clause position. In comparing these constructions to each other and to related canonical constructions, one is confronted with the question whether the same discourse-contextual information is consistently expressed in both constructions. Using the framework of Lexical-Functional Grammar, we show that both whquestion fronting and focus constructions share representations in the constituent and functional structure. Considering the individual discourse-contextual information expressed in wh-question fronting and focus constructions, as compared to the discourse-contextual information expressed in the respective in situ and canonical clause counterparts, however, we show that a variance is drawn between them in the information structure. In a further constraint-based analysis, Optimality-Theoretic LFG is used to clarify the proposals made.
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title_short	Information structuring in Akan question-word fronting and focus constructions
title_full	Information structuring in Akan question-word fronting and focus constructions
title_fullStr	Information structuring in Akan question-word fronting and focus constructions
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Information structuring in Akan question-word fronting and focus constructions

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