| ROA: | 356 |
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| Title: | The Interaction of Focus and Constituent Order in San Dionicio Zapotec |
| Authors: | George Aaron Broadwell |
| Comment: | A paper given at the LFG99 conference (18 pp.) [On pp. 16 + 17, the PDF version incorrectly has OBJ with subscript รจ rather than subscript theta.] |
| Length: | 18 |
| Abstract: | The Interaction of Focus and Constituent Order in San Dionicio Zapotec George Aaron Broadwell SUNY Albany San Dionicio Ocotepec Zapotec, an Otomanguean language spoken in Oaxaca, shows word order inversions associated with interrogatives and negative foci. This paper offers a treatment of these facts in an optimality theoretic implementation of LFG and supports the view that linear precedence statements should be formulated in terms of violable constraints. |
| Type: | Paper/tech report |
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| Article: | Version 1 |