Locative Inversion as an Alternation Phenomenon in Setswana
The Case of Lexical Functional Grammar Theory
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 22041003 |
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| Autores | Setumile Morapedi (University of Botswana, autor correspondente) |
| Ano | 2020 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Fascículo | 2 |
| Data de publicação | 2020-06-30 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Sim |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | Journal of Law and Social Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 2226-6402 |
| Editora | Directorate of Research and Graduate Studies, University of Zambia (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.53974/unza.jlss.4.2.467 |
| OpenAlex | W3133315628 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Referências citadas | 5 |
The paper has examined locative inversion constructions in Setswana, showing that the pre-posed locative phrase in these constructions is not the subject as it is viewed by other linguists in the literature. It has been argued, in this paper, that locative phrase occurs in the sentence initial position to perform the topic function which sets the scene for the focused noun phrase that alternates with it (locative phrase). The analysis has been achieved through information structure approach, showing the locative phrase that occurs in sentence initial position is a discourse phenomenon showing given information, and that the focused post-verbal noun phrase is new information that is emphasised on. Also, an appeal is made to Lexical Functional Grammar Approach to explain different ways of representing syntactic structures such as constituent structure and the functional structure
Determiner phrase · Grammar · Linguistics · Locative case · Natural language processing · Noun · Noun phrase · Phenomenon · Phrase · Phrase structure rules · Sentence · Computer Science · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation · Artificial Intelligence
| Velocidade de citação | historical |
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| Altamente citado | Não |