The Interaction of state, prosody and linear order in Kabyle (Berber) : Grammatical Relations and Information Structure

Amina Mettouchi (1)

1 LLACAN - Langage, LAngues et Cultures d'Afrique Noire

The aim of this paper is to show how, starting only from forms belonging to various domains (morphology, syntax, and prosody), it is possible to compute the grammatical relations and the information structure of Kabyle spontaneous speech. The hypothesis underlying the paper is that the marking of grammatical relations on nouns are a by-product of information structure constraints.

Mots clés: grammatical relations; information structure; prosody; word order; morphology; morphology.

Domaines: Linguistique

Amina Mettouchi. The Interaction of state, prosody and linear order in Kabyle (Berber) : Grammatical Relations and Information Structure. 2011. ⟨halshs-00701821⟩