- PII
- S0373-658X0000375-5-1
- DOI
- 10.7868/SX0000375-5-1
- Publication type
- Article
- Status
- Published
- Authors
- Volume/ Edition
- Volume / Issue 1
- Pages
- 77-94
- Abstract
- This paper deals with typologically unusual syntactic construction, which is characteristic of Southern Mande languages (Mande > Niger-Congo). It discusses a construction with embedded correlative clause, which can occupy positions reserved for topic: position of adjunct to the fi nite clause (clause-initial position), adjunct to the postpositional phrase and adjunct to the verb phrase. Existence of such a construction can be explained by two facts: clause-level adjunction of postpositional phrases and generalizing positions available for topicalized NP to correlative clauses. We try to fi nd a diachronic relationship between topicalized NP and correlative clauses in Kla-Dan, that can contribute to the typology of diachronic processes concerning mechanisms of topicalization and correlativization.
- Keywords
- communication structure, correlative constructions, manda languages, relative constructions, syntax, topic, focus, African languages
- Date of publication
- 11.11.2025
- Year of publication
- 2025
- Number of purchasers
- 1
- Views
- 518
RAS History & PhilologyВопросы языкознания Voprosy Jazykoznanija
- ISSN (Print) 0373-658X
- ISSN (Online) 3034-5243
COMMUNICATIVE STRATEGIES AND CORRELATIVE CONSTRUCTION IN KLA-DAN AND OTHER SOUTH MANDE LANGUAGES
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At the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation
Scientific Electronic Library