Exclusives, equatives and prosodic phrases in Samoan

This paper investigates the functions of prosodic phrasing in the Austronesian VSO language Samoan. Two types of sentences are investigated, exclusives (involving the particle 'na’o' ‘only’) and equatives. Two complementary methodologies were used, a production study and an acceptability j...

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Main Author: Sasha Calhoun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Library of Humanities 2017-02-01
Series:Glossa
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Online Access:http://www.glossa-journal.org/articles/196