Table of contents

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Introduction vii
4. Information structure marking in Sandawe texts 1
5. Topic and focus fields in Naki 35
6. The relation between focus and theticity in the Tuu family 69
7. Focus marking in Aghem 95
8. On the obligatoriness of focus marking 117
9. Focalisation and defocalisation in Isu 145
10. Discourse function of inverted passives in Makua-Marevone narratives 165
11. Topic-focus articulation in Taqbaylit and Tashelhit Berber 193
12. Focus in Atlantic languages 233
13. Topic and focus construction asymmetry 261
14. Verb-and-predication focus markers in Gur 287
15. Why contrast matters 315
16. Focus and the Ejagham verb system 349
17. Language index 377
18. Subject index 379