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@article{item_3258963,
title = {{From pragmatics to sentence type: Non-topical S/A arguments and clause-second particles in the Kalahari Basin}},
author = {G{\"u}ldemann, Tom and Pratchett, Lee J. and Witzlack-Makarevich, Alena},
language = {eng},
issn = {0024-3914; 2185-6710},
doi = {10.11435/gengo.154.0{\textbraceleft}\textunderscore{\textbraceright}53},
publisher = {The Linguistic Society of Japan},
year = {2019},
date = {2019},
abstract = {{Languages of the Kalahari Basin contact area share a feature whereby{\textless}br{\textgreater}a special type of particle occurs in clause-second position, often after the S/A{\textless}br{\textgreater}constituent. Previous accounts have used a wide range of labels such as declarative,{\textless}br{\textgreater}indicative, emphatic nominative, or topic, which point to a diverse but{\textless}br{\textgreater}insufficiently understood functional array of this particle type. We address the{\textless}br{\textgreater}phenomenon from a discourse-oriented and comparative perspective by exploring{\textless}br{\textgreater}relevant cases in languages of three different families: Northern Khoekhoe{\textless}br{\textgreater}of Khoe-Kwadi, Nǁng of Tuu, and Ju of Kxʼa. We conclude that the particles are{\textless}br{\textgreater}involved in a network of constructions spanning such diverse domains as nonverbal{\textless}br{\textgreater}predication, focus, entity-central theticity, declarative, and possibly even{\textless}br{\textgreater}differential S/A marking. The last two functions that relate to sentence types and{\textless}br{\textgreater}grammatical relations, respectively, and (may) no longer display a marked information{\textless}br{\textgreater}structure (IS) configuration, emerge from the overuse of thetic particle{\textless}br{\textgreater}constructions and thus are the result of so-called {\textquotedblleft}depragmaticization{\textquotedblright}.}},
journal = {{Gengo Kenkyu}},
volume = {154},
pages = {53--84},
}