The interface between information structure, syntax and prosody in Kikongo. An integrated descriptive, comparative and diachronic approach

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2012 - 2017 (stopped)
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Department of Languages and Cultures
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This research focuses on the study of Information Structure and its interaction with syntax and prosody in Kisikongo and Kisolongo, two Angolan varieties of Kikongo, a western Bantu language. It involves an integrated descriptive, comparative and historical approach.

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