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Extraction and fronting of an argument with verbal '''-u''' marking can also be used to signal focus on the fronted argument. |
Extraction and fronting of an argument with verbal '''-u''' marking can also be used to signal focus on the fronted argument. |
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| + | | align="left" | a= || align="left" | bug || align="left" | -a || align="left" | o= || align="left" | gar |
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| + | | align="left" | 3SG || align="left" | want || align="left" | NPT || align="left" | 2SG || align="left" | come |
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| + | | align="left" | He wants you to come. (151) |
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| + | | align="left" | '''[o gar] a bugu.''' |
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| + | | align="left" | o= || align="left" | gar || align="left" | a= || align="left" | bug || align="left" | -u |
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| + | | align="left" | 2SG || align="left" | come|| align="left" | 3SG || align="left" | want || align="left" | EXTR.ARG |
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| + | | align="left" | He wants you to come. (151) |
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'''More to come shortly[[User:Faytak|Faytak]] 00:29, 15 December 2012 (UTC) ''' |
'''More to come shortly[[User:Faytak|Faytak]] 00:29, 15 December 2012 (UTC) ''' |
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Revision as of 17:29, 14 December 2012
Sereer frequently extracts or fronts nominal arguments and marks the verb of the affected clause with a suffix -u. This page is dedicated to describing the syntactic patterns and permissible structures that 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.)
U-Extraction in Wh-questions
See also the page on Questions.
More coming Faytak 00:29, 15 December 2012 (UTC)
Reduplication of predicates cannot occur when wh-extraction of the subject is marked: qaarit ke a laaɓiira (laaɓiir) 'the friends are generous' but qaarit qum laaɓiiru (*laaɓiir)?, 'which friends are generous?' (115)
U-Focus
Extraction and fronting of an argument with verbal -u marking can also be used to signal focus on the fronted argument.
| 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)
More to come shortlyFaytak 00:29, 15 December 2012 (UTC)
kaa
The "preverb" kaa may mark verbal focus on the verb immediately following. More research is needed on this point.
