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2021
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Enrique Palancar, « Biclausal vs. monoclausal focus constructions in Tilapa Otomi », HAL SHS (Sciences de l’Homme et de la Société), ID : 10670/1.7800f4...
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This paper tackles issues that involve distinguishing clefts from other monoclausal focus constructions when describing the syntax of lesser-known languages. I concentrate on Tilapa Otomi, which is the most endangered and the most morphologically conservative language of Otomi family; an Amerindian language family from Mexico that belongs to the Oto-Manguean phylum. In the paper, I propose that Tilapa Otomi has (at least) two specialized focus constructions: one that is a biclausal, thus a cleft, and another that is monoclausal, but which shares structure with clefts, to the extent that superficially could be taken to be an instance of a cleft with a zero copula.
