Polci

[aka Posə, Posa, Posi, Palci, Pəlci, Palchi, Polchi, Polshi, ...]

Classification: Afro-Asiatic

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Condition, topic and focus in African languages: why conditionals are not topics

It is generally assumed in linguistics that conditionals are topics. This paper discusses how in Chadic South Bauchi West languages, including Polci, conditionals share their structure with focus, not topic.

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Bernard Caron

Coryn Klementovicz

ZASPiL

2006

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