Focus, Q-Particles and prosodic inversion
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22159697 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Line Mikkelsen (0000-0001-6433-3697, Berkeley College), Grethe Schmidt (0009-0004-1551-6795, University of California, Berkeley), Ellen Thrane (0009-0005-3876-9266, University of California, Berkeley) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 6042 |
| Publication date | 2026-04-24 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Proceedings of the Linguistic Society of America (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2473-8689 • E-ISSN: 2473-8689 |
| Publisher | Linguistic Society of America (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.3765/plsa.v11i1.6042 |
| OpenAlex | W7155527378 |
| Language | EN |
This paper examines a second-position focus clitic in Kalaallisut (Inuit, Greenland) and argues that it provides support for Cable’s (2010) theory of Q-particles. Moreover, we demonstrate that anti-pied-piping, in the sense of Branan and Erlewine (2023), extends to possessive structures, a configuration not discussed in their work. Finally, the paper provides the first detailed analysis of the interaction between syntactic structure and prosodic inversion in Kalaallisut focused possessive nominals
Clitic · Inverse theory · Possessive · Employee Welfare and Language Studies · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |