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  • Language Family: Kwa
  • Topic #1: Focus
Focus in L Focus in Logba

This paper describes focusing strategies in Logba, a Na-Togo Kwa language. Logba, like other Kwa languages fronts a constituent that is to be focused. In addition, the constituent is morphologically marked. In the variety spoken in Alakpeti, the commercial centre of Logba, the morphological marker for term focus constituents is ká. There is an equivalent construction in the Tota dialect for argument focus in which an independent pronoun comes after the fronted NP. Moreover, the position in the clause where the focused constituent occurs varies depending on the category of the constituent that is focused. Term constituents (NPs and AdvPs) have a pre-subject focus position while for predicate focus; the bare form of the verb is placed at the VP initial position, after the subject constituent. This is unlike the situation that has been reported for other languages that use verb focus. I will describe the types of constituents that can be focused and explore any consequences for clause structure that may be associated with ex-situ focus constructions.
Cet article décrit les stratégies focales en Logba, une langue Kwa, Na-Togo. Logba, comme les autres langues Kwa, positionne le constituant portant le focus obligatoire au début de la proposition. De plus, ce constituant est morphologiquement marqué. Dans la variété Alakpeti, le centre commercial de Logba, le marqueur morphologique du constituant focalisé est ká. Le dialecte Tota possède une construction similaire pour l’argument focalisé, où un pronom indépendant suit le syntagme nominal (NP). Par ailleurs, la position du constituant focalisé dans la phrase dépend de la catégorie de celui-ci. Les syntagmes nominaux et adverbiaux (NPs et AdvPs) focalisés sont placés avant le sujet tandis que pour le focus de prédicat, la forme nue du verbe est mise en position initiale du syntagme verbal (VP), après le constituant sujet. Ceci est tout à fait différent de la situation qui a été rapportée pour les autres langues qui emploient le focus de verbe. Je décrirai les différents types de constituants qui peuvent être focalisés puis j’explorerai les éventuelles conséquences pour les structures phrastiques pouvant être associées aux constructions focales ex-situ.

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