Séminaire de Recherche en Linguistique
Ce séminaire reçoit des conférenciers invités spécialisés dans différents domaines de la linguistique. Les membres du Département, les étudiants et les personnes externes intéressées sont tous cordialement invités.Description du séminaire
Titre | Crosslinguistic Relational Focus Semantics |
Conférencier | Daniel Büring |
Date | mardi 16 octobre 2018 |
Heure | 12h15 |
Salle | L208 (Bâtiment Candolle) |
Description | We present a novel mechanism for deriving focus alternatives (similar to those in Rooth's seminal work), based on two simple, non-stochastic relational rules. After demonstrating the workings of the system using English, we will go on to explore how to model focus in a number of West African languages, in which focus is marked by position and morphological markers. Finally, we will present some speculations on what may be common across these systems, and how to capture the differences between the languages with as few stipulations as possible. |
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