Abstract: This paper explores the syntax of verb focus in Kabiye, a Gur language spoken in Togo.
Collins, Chris and Komlan Essizewa. 2007. Syntax of Verb Focus in Kabiye. In Doris L. Payne and Jaime Peña (eds.), Selected Proceedings of the 37th Annual Conference on African Linguistics, 191-203. Cascadilla Proceedings Project, Somerville, MA.
The Syntax of Verb Focus in Kabiye
In this blog post, I will lay out some general guidelines on how to elicit syntactic information in a Field Methods course.
The purpose of this blog post is to present a general template for a syntactic fieldwork session. I will not talk specifically about syntactic elicitation, or methodology or particular constructions that you could investigate.
The purpose of this blog post is to give the simplest possible instructions for setting up an ELAN project. They are based on a Field Methods course taught at NYU on Setswana, a language of southern Africa. Replace “Setswana” with the name of the language you are studying.
Abstract: This is an interview that I gave on fieldwork in my career. The interviewer is Essivi Collins, my daugther. The venue was a stroll on the busy streets of New York City. We were walking from Washington Square Village to the Hudson, and then we turned right and walked up the Hudson.
Grading assignments is an essential part of the teaching process. But professors and TAs are expected to figure out how to do it on their own. This post outlines some guidelines that I have found to be useful when grading undergraduate syntax assignments.
