Aspects of Focus in Isnag |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
THE PRAGMATICS OF FOCUS | 4 |
THE SYNTAX AND SEMANTICS OF FOCUS | 13 |
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action activity affected affix Agent focus Agent NP akkan aliwa allows already amuwa:g anuq assign Ata:n bamboo banana Beneficiary bu:lu cert chapter chicken child clause constituents cooccur datu daya definite described determine discussed example FM.pl FM.sg focus system focused NP Fred fronted function Girlie given Goal Goal focus Goal NP grammatical hearer Hector hierarchy illustrate indicated introduced Isnag Jimmy kitu knife languages Location marked marker meaning Melissa mentioned na:n nominal nonfocus noun NP/A NP/G NP/I NP/L occur old.woman ordering participant particle person phrase plural position pragmatic precedes pronouns proper name puppy question ranking referent relationship Rogel role Rudy rule semantic semantic role signal speaker specific split structure surely syntactic there.is tolay topic usually verb verbal affix woman ya:n yard