Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Kultur-, Sozial- und Bildungswissenschaftliche Fakultät - Institut für Asien- und Afrikawissenschaften

Workshop: Information structure in Bantu languages

Participants • Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Seminar für Afrikawissenschaften, SFB 632, project B7: Tom Güldemann, Ines Fiedler, Peggy Jacob, Yukiko Morimoto • Universiteit Gent, Afrikaanse Talen en Culturen: Koen Bostoen, Jasper de Kind, Joseph Koni Muluwa, Ernest Nshemezimana • guests
  • Wann 10.12.2013 10:00 bis 11.12.2013 14:30
  • Wo Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Sophienstr. 22a, 2nd court, room 406
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Programme

Tuesday

10.00 – 12.00           

  • Yukiko Morimoto: Grammatical coding of Predicate-centered focus types in Bantu
  • Tom Güldemann: The relation between predicate-operator focus and theticity

12.00 – 13.30

  • Lunch

13.30 – 15.30           

  • Ines Fiedler & Tom Güldemann: Verb fronting in Bantu in typological perspective
  • Jasper de Kind & Koen Bostoen: Fronted infinitives in Kikongo

16.00 – 18.00

  • Linguistic Colloquium (Rozenn Guérois, Relative clauses in Cuwabo)

18.00 –

  • Dinner

Wednesday

10.00 – 12.00           

  • Jasper de Kind, Joseph Muluwa & Koen Bostoen: Double/triple negation in Kikongo and Nsong and the link with predicate-centered focus
  • Ernest Nshemezimana & Koen Bostoen: The conjoint/disjoint distinction in Kirundi

12.00 – 13.30

  • Lunch

13.30 – 14.30

  • Open Discussion

 

Programme.pdf