Clause-internal antitopics in Berta, a Nilo-Saharan verb-second language
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20380884 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Torben Andersen (0000-0002-7125-7992, Aalborg University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Pages | 99-141 |
| Publication date | 2021-12-10 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Language (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0378-4177 • E-ISSN: 1569-9978 |
| Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1075/sl.41.1.04and |
| OpenAlex | W2530977189 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 10 |
This article deals with clausal constituent order and dislocation constructions in Berta, a Nilo-Saharan language with indicative clauses being verb-second. The preverbal slot is occupied by either an unmarked NP which may have any or no grammatical relation to the verb, a focus constituent, or a particular function word. This slot may be empty, but in that case it implies a zero third person referent. In addition to left-dislocated NPs, which are clause-external and which are resumed pronominally clause-internally, in some cases by zero, Berta also has a construction in which an NP is right-dislocated but remains inside the clause. This “antitopic” is marked by a preposition, and it has a clause-internal pronominal antecedent which may be zero and which is either a subject, an object or an adverbial. The clause-internal status of the antitopic is evidenced by the fact that it may be followed by certain other clause-internal constituents
Adverbial · Dependent clause · Linguistics · Non-finite clause · Referent · Relative clause · Sentence · Verb · Word order · Computer Science · History · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis · Mathematics · Philosophy · Psychology · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
| Citations per year | 0.29 |
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| Citation span | 2019 - 2020 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |