Difference between revisions of "Extraction or Focus"
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| − | Reduplication of predicates cannot occur when subject extraction is marked: '''qaarit ke a laaɓiira (laaɓiir)''' 'the friends are generous' but '''qaarit qum laaɓiiru (*laaɓiir)?''', 'which friends are generous?' (115) |
+ | [[Reduplication]] of predicates cannot occur when subject extraction is marked: '''qaarit ke a laaɓiira (laaɓiir)''' 'the friends are generous' but '''qaarit qum laaɓiiru (*laaɓiir)?''', 'which friends are generous?' (115) |
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One frequent change in normal Sereer word order is the fronting of a constituent that signals focus on the fronted constituent. Examples are below, and will be elaborated upon eventually. Note that a suffix -u co-occurs with this fronting in nearly all cases; this could be analyzed as an extraction marker. (Exponence of non-past tense in the second example is not clear.)
| a buga [o gar]. |
| a= | bug | -a | o= | gar |
| 3SG | want | NPT | 2SG | come |
He wants you to come. (151)
| [o gar] a bugu. |
| o= | gar | a= | bug | -u |
| 2SG | come | 3SG | want | EXTR.ARG |
He wants you to come. (151)
Reduplication of predicates cannot occur when subject extraction is marked: qaarit ke a laaɓiira (laaɓiir) 'the friends are generous' but qaarit qum laaɓiiru (*laaɓiir)?, 'which friends are generous?' (115)
