Intonation and Focus in Nte?kepmxcin (Thompson River Salish)

In this dissertation, I examine the marking of focus and givenness in Nte?kepmxcin (Thompson River Salish). The focus is, roughly, the answer to a wh-question, and is highlighted by the primary sentential accent in stress languages like English. This has been formalized as the Stress-Focus Corres...

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Main Author: Koch, Karsten
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/2848