Expression of narrow focus in spontaneous Estonian dialogues
Estonian offers several means for expressing narrow focus, including a choice between a syntactic strategy resulting in marked constituent order, and a prosodic strategy resulting in marked nuclear accent placement. The present study examines the usage of the different focus-marking strategies in sp...
Main Author: | Heete Sahkai |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University of Tartu Press
2017-09-01
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Series: | Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri |
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Online Access: | https://ojs.utlib.ee/index.php/jeful/article/view/15013 |
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