Constraints on information-structural marking in the DP
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: This paper investigates how information-structural categories like focus can be linearized inside the DP. Starting from the claim that information-structural marking possibilities in the DP-structure often mirror marking possibilities in the CP-structure within the same language, we show that while this assumption holds for various European languages, it breaks down when Mabia languages are taken into account. Focusing on Likpakpaanl, we provide an example for a language, where, due to particular restrictions on information-structural marking, notions like focus cannot be marked at all inside the DP and require a clausal marking strategy.
Source: Linguistic Variation
DOI: 10.1075/lv.24059.mur
Authors: Johannes Mursell, Anke Himmelreich
Institutions: Goethe University Frankfurt, Bielefeld University
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W7165115120