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Sikuku, Justine M. |
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dc.contributor.author |
Diercks, Michael |
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dc.contributor.author |
Marlo, Michael R. |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2021-06-21T15:01:24Z |
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dc.date.available |
2021-06-21T15:01:24Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2019 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
https://doi.org/10.1075/lv.00027.sik |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://ir.mu.ac.ke:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/4669 |
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dc.description.abstract |
Object markers (OMs) in Bantu languages have long been argued to be either incorporated pronouns or agreement morphemes, distinguished mainly by their ability (or not) to co-occur with (i.e. double) in situ objects. Lubukusu appears to be an instance of OMs-as-incorporated pronouns, as OMs in neutral discourse contexts cannot double in situ objects in a broad range of syntactic contexts. As we show, however, certain pragmatic contexts in fact do license OM-doubling; we demonstrate that OM-doubling in Lubukusu is licit only on a verum (focus) interpretation. We analyze OM-doubling within a Minimalist framework as the result of an Agree relation between the object and a verum-triggering Emphasis head (Emph°). The non-doubling OM results from an incorporation operation. We therefore claim that Lubukusu displays two distinct syntactic derivations of OMs (generating doubling and non-doubling) with the interpretive effects of OM-doubling arising from the semantic/pragmatic properties of Emph°. |
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en |
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dc.publisher |
John Benjamins Publishing Company |
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dc.subject |
Clitic doubling |
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dc.subject |
Verum focus |
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dc.subject |
Bantu |
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dc.subject |
Lubukusu |
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dc.title |
Pragmatic effects of clitic doubling Two kinds of object markers in Lubukusu |
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Article |
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