Overt topic marking and discourse coherence in Pesh. Between correlation and tension

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2019

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HAL SHS (Sciences de l’Homme et de la Société)

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Centre pour la communication scientifique directe

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Claudine Chamoreau, « Overt topic marking and discourse coherence in Pesh. Between correlation and tension », HAL SHS (Sciences de l’Homme et de la Société), ID : 10670/1.b751bb...

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In Pesh (Chibchan, Honduras), the topic marker =ma is generally not used for continuing topics or in topic shifts with accessible referents; use of =ma with a topic NP is correlated with thematic discontinuity or referent complexity, including shifted or contrastive topics, antitopics, and frame-setting topics, and some continuing topics. Topic constituents other than antitopics are usually clause-initial, and all are marked by particular prosodic characteristics. Four uses of =ma do not fit this characterization: with personal pronouns (especially first person); in stacking of several constituents in the same clause or intonation unit; in relativization of subjects; and as a mark of certain kinds of embedded clauses.

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