Subject and non-subject 'ex-situ' focus in Dagbani

This paper offers a description and account of the patterns of 'ex-situ' focus in Dagbani. We show that there are two syntactic strategies for creating 'ex-situ' focus in the language, one involving A’-movement to the left periphery, and the second involving base generation in th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Samuel A. Issah, Peter W. Smith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Library of Humanities 2020-01-01
Series:Glossa
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Online Access:https://www.glossa-journal.org/articles/664