Resumen

FLORES, Tanya  y  MENDEZ VALLEJO, Dunia Catalina. A SYNTACTIC-PROSODIC ANALYSIS OF FOCALIZING SER. Linguist.lit. [online]. 2022, n.81, pp.60-88.  Epub 16-Feb-2023. ISSN 0120-5587.  https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.lyl.n81a03.

This study is the first analysis on how focalizing ser is marked prosodically, and how this compares to cleft and pseudo-cleft focus structures. Data was collected from Barranquilla, Bogotá, Cali, and Medellín. Our results show that ser in FS structures can have a pre-nuclear pitch accent, unlike ser in cleft and pseudo-cleft structures. Although FS is considered a discourse marker (Curnow & Travis, 2004; Pato 2010), it still behaves like a verb in terms of syntax and prosody.

Palabras clave : focus; prosody; clefts; focalizing ser; Colombian Spanish.

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