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<p>This study identifies, analyses and describes the devices and functions of focus in information structuring in Hadiyya, a Highland East Cushitic language. Data, which were collected from native speakers, were dealt with based on the theory of Functional Grammar (Dik 1997). For focalization, the language uses morphological, lexical and syntactic means. The latter involves word-order change and cleft construction (including pseudo-cleft). Comparatively, the morphological mechanism is the most dynamic and frequent in use while the lexical means is limited both in the number of items employed and in frequency of occurrence.</p>
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This study identifies, analyses and describes the devices and functions of focus in information structuring in Hadiyya, a Highland East Cushitic language. Data, which were collected from native speakers, were dealt with based on the theory of Functional Grammar (Dik 1997). For focalization, the language uses morphological, lexical and syntactic means. The latter involves word-order change and cleft construction (including pseudo-cleft). Comparatively, the morphological mechanism is the most dynamic and frequent in use while the lexical means is limited both in the number of items employed and in frequency of occurrence.

The focus system in Hadiyya

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This study identifies, analyses and describes the devices and functions of focus in information structuring in Hadiyya, a Highland East Cushitic language....

The focus system in Hadiyya

Publié en ligne: 23 juin 2022

Pages: 72 - 82

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/topling-2022-0006

Mots clés
Hadiyya, Cushitic, focus, focus devices, information structure

© 2022 Dereje Adane Menore et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

The focus system in Hadiyya

Publié en ligne: 23 juin 2022

Pages: 72 - 82

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/topling-2022-0006

Mots clésHadiyya, Cushitic, focus, focus devices, information structure

© 2022 Dereje Adane Menore et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Mots clés
Hadiyya, Cushitic, focus, focus devices, information structure