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Groen, Melle (2020)

Predicate-centered focus in Kiembu

Bachelor thesis | Taalwetenschap (BA)
Kiembu, a Bantu language of central Kenya, has two morphemes nĩ and kwa which are used to mark different types of focus. In this thesis, I investigate the functions of these two focus markers, especially concentrating on the ways they are used to mark predicate-centered focus. I give a description of the different functions of the two morphemes based on data from my own field research, and I also propose a syntactic analysis of focus in Kiembu and briefly discuss how the focus marker kwa may have developed from an earlier focus construction.
focus
information structure
syntax
Bantu languages
Author
Groen, Melle
Faculty
Faculty of Humanities
Specialisation
Descriptive Linguistics
Supervisors
Wal, Jenneke van der
ECTS Credits
10
Language
en