The expression of information structure a documentation of its diversity across Africa / [Texte imprimé] : edited by Ines Fiedler, Anne Schwarz - Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., cop. 2010 - 1 vol. (XII-383 p.) : ill. ; 25 cm - Typological studies in language (TSL) ; 91 . - Typological studies in language (J. Benjamins, Amsterdam) .

Cet est ouvrage est composé des interventions presentées lors de la conférence internationale intitulée "Focus in African Languages" tenue à Berlin du 6 au 8 octobre 2005 Index

Notes bibliogr.

Introduction / Ines Fiedler and Anne Schwarz -- Information structure marking in Sandawe texts / Helen Eaton -- Topic and focus fields in Naki / Jeff Good -- The relation between focus and theticity in the Tuu family / Tom Güldemann -- Focus marking in Aghem: syntax or semantics? / Larry M. Hyman -- On the obligatoriness of focus marking: evidence from Tar B'arma / Peggy Jacob -- Focalisation and defocalisation in Isu / Roland Kiessling -- Discourse function of inverted passives in Makua-Marevone narratives / Oliver Kröger -- Topic-focus articulation in Taqbaylit and Tashelhit Berber / Amina Mettouchi and Axel Fleisch -- Focus in Atlantic languages / Stéphane Robert -- Topic and focus construction asymmetry / Ronald P. Schaefer and Francis O. Egbokhare -- Verb-and-predication focus markers in Gur / Anne Schwarz -- Why contrast matters: information structure in Gawwada (East Cushitic) / Mauro Tosco -- Focus and the Ejagham verb system / John R. Watters

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