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* The structure is heavily topic-comment structure. | |||
* The direct noun phrase is usually right after the verb phrase. This is not required, thougn moving it out of that position would be a definite demotion of topicality. Except maybe with heavy phrases. | * The direct noun phrase is usually right after the verb phrase. This is not required, thougn moving it out of that position would be a definite demotion of topicality. Except maybe with heavy phrases. | ||
* More often than not, the focus will be in the direct case and usually indicates definiteness. | * More often than not, the focus will be in the direct case and usually indicates definiteness. | ||
* | * The sentence includes optional affect markers. These float around in the sentence. | ||
Revision as of 17:14, 22 January 2018
- (NP TOP) VP (NP) (PP)* (AFF)
- The structure is heavily topic-comment structure.
- The direct noun phrase is usually right after the verb phrase. This is not required, thougn moving it out of that position would be a definite demotion of topicality. Except maybe with heavy phrases.
- More often than not, the focus will be in the direct case and usually indicates definiteness.
- The sentence includes optional affect markers. These float around in the sentence.
