Abesabesi Grammar

9.4 Contrastive focus construction

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If the proposition of a clause is contrary to the presupposition of the interlocutor, Abesabesi marks it with the conjunction ŋ̀gí. This construction will be called "Contrastive focus". Example 9.1 shows a situation where information is corrected by the speaker.
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ɔ́ɔ̀ á ìwé è, ŋ̀gí ɔ́ á miʃ
1 PL.NEG PROG write letter NEG CFOC 3 SG HUM PROG sleep
'he is not writing a letter, he is sleeping' (ibe190-00.104)

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