Date of Award
8-8-2023
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
Advisor(s)
Jaklin Kornfilt
Keywords
focus;Kenyan;Maay;morphology;syntax
Subject Categories
Linguistics | Social and Behavioral Sciences
Abstract
In this thesis, I describe and also analyze focus in Kenyan Maay, an under-described Cushitic language. Since focus in Somali, a closely related language, has been described and analyzed in detail, its characteristics are compared to focus in Kenyan Maay to develop its description and morphosyntactic analysis. Significant variation was observed between the two speakers I worked with, so my goal is to account for both varieties (Kenyan Maay Bu’aale and Kenyan Maay Baidoa).
Access
Open Access
Recommended Citation
Di Maio, Chiara, "Focus In Kenyan Maay" (2023). Theses - ALL. 769.
https://surface.syr.edu/thesis/769
