Linguistics Asked by Matthew Fulton on August 16, 2020
How do you differentiate phrases which are topics, focalized, or just plain subjects? What tests can you use?
I am looking at the data below– the capitalized Hawaiian phrases have been claimed to be focalized (emphasized).
(1) KE HĀ’AWI AKU NEI au I kēia iā’oe.
PRES give away PRES 1s ACC this to you
‘I give this to you.’
(2) ‘O WAU ke hā’awi aku nei i kēia iā’oe.
‘I give this to you.’
(3) ‘O ‘OE ka mea a’u e hā’awi aku nei i kēia.
‘I give this to you.’
(4) ‘O KĒIA ka’u e hā’awi aku nei iā’oe.
‘I give this to you.’
Please send help. I am looking for how to distinguish (in general) between "topic," "focalized," or just vanilla subjects.
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