Where's the topic in Zulu
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20344455 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lisa Lai-Shen Cheng (0000-0002-0350-5640, Leiden University), Laura J Downing (0000-0001-5609-4892, Leibniz-Centre General Linguistics) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 2-3 |
| Publication date | 2009-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Linguistic Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0167-6318 • E-ISSN: 1613-3676 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/tlir.2009.008 |
| OpenAlex | W1994638300 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 47 |
| References cited | 21 |
This article provides a detailed investigation of the prosody and syntax of dislocation in Durban Zulu, an Nguni Bantu language spoken in South Africa. With focus elements obligatorily appearing in an immediately after the verb position, non-focused elements within a verb phrase have to be right- or left-dislocated. We discuss the asymmetries between right- and left-dislocation, showing that only left-dislocated elements can be topics. We argue that aside from a pre-subject Topic position, there is also a Topic position between the subject and the verb phrase. The prosodic phrasing cues in Zulu show that both the CP and the vP phases play a crucial role in determining the alignment with Intonational Phrases
Aside · Dislocation · Linguistics · Noun · Noun phrase · Phrase · Physics · Prosody · Syntax · Verb · Verb phrase · Zulu · Computer Science · History · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Philosophy · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Psychology · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
Developing an Areal View of Intonation in Eastern Bantu
Question structure and intonation in Fipa
Locative relatives in Durban Zulu
Prosody of relative clauses in Chewa
Questions in Bantu languages
Wh-questions in Chewa and Tumbuka
VP-Internal DPs and Right-Dislocation in Zulu
Syntactic and prosodic scrambling in Japanese
Comparative morphological analysis of the perfect form in Sesotho and isiZulu
The coming apart of case and focus in Bantu
The morphosyntax of exhaustive focus
The focus prosody of Chichewa and the Stress-Focus constraint
Right dislocation and raising-to-object in Zulu
The Tonal Residue of the Conjoint/Disjoint Alternation in Rukiga
Not’ in focus
Locative inversion in Bantu and predication
(In)direct Reference in the Phonology-Syntax Interface under Phase Theory
Syntactic control and progressive-evidential polyfunctionality
Nominalization in Persian
Timing-driven derivation of a NOM/ACC agreement pattern
The search for V-stranding VP ellipsis in isiXhosa
Agreeing objects in Zulu can be indefinite and non-specific
Variation in Information Structure with Special Reference to Africa
Flexible syntax–prosody mapping of Intonational Phrases in the context of varying verb height
Sisterhood in prosodic branching
A flexible approach to the mapping of intonational phrases
Matching overtly headed syntactic phrases in Italian
Verum in Xhosa and Zulu (Nguni)
Applicative Recursion and Nominal Licensing
Information structure, (inter)subjectivity and objectification
Syntactic and prosodic focus marking in contact varieties of South African English
Attachment height and prosodic phrasing in Rutooro
Recursion and the Definition of Universal Prosodic Categories
On the Positional Distribution of an Armenian Auxiliary
Argument prominence and agreement
Only' in Nguni
Connectivity in left-dislocation and the composition of the left periphery
Pragmatic effects of clitic doubling
The analysis of rightmost focus is alive and kicking
The Ups and Downs of Head Displacement
Phasal Syntax = Cyclic Phonology
Obligatory CP Nominalization in Ndebele
Nominal ellipsis reveals concord in Moksha Mordvin
What the Bantu languages can tell us about word order and movement
Japanese focus prosody revisited
Zulu ngani 'why
Modular PIC
Syntactic Heads and Word Formation
Derivation by Phase
The Fine Structure of the Left Periphery
Lectures on Government and Binding
Cyclic Linearization of Syntactic Structure
Major Phrase, Focus Intonation, Multiple Spell-Out (MaP, FI, MSO)
Zulu conjoint/disjoint verb alternation
Disjoint verb form and an empty immediate after verb position in Makhuwa
Syntactic and phonological phrasing in Bemba relatives
On derived domains in sentence phonology
Prosody–Syntax Interaction in the Expression of Focus
A stress-based approach to the syntax of Hungarian focus
Phase theory and prosodic spellout
Expression of information structure in the Bantu language Northern Sotho
Dislocated noun phrases in Nguni
On the Relation between Syntactic Phrases and Phonological Phrases
Single-Pair versus Multiple-Pair Answers
Clauses in Noncanonical Positions at the Syntax-Phonology Interface
When right dislocation meets the left-periphery
Topic, Pronoun, and Agreement in Chicheŵa
| Unique citing works | 47 |
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| Citations per year | 2,61 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2025 (18) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 30 |