A Grammar of Tamashek (Tuareg of Mali)

642 12 Extraction processes gloss it (crudely) as 'time'. The following 1 is the postnominal Proximate deictic particle (§4.3.3) ...

12.2 Focalization 643 (744) waedder assaral [ά i-t-ajj], not work [Foe 3MaSgS-LoImpf-do.LoImpfP] edss [a i-t-ajj] sleep.VblN [Fo ...

644 12 Extraction processes (747) Subject Focalization a. anta [a-\hi l-nhasy-asn] 3Sg [Foc-USgO 3MaSgS-see.PerfP-Partpl.MaSg] ' ...

12.2 Focalization 645 k. erd-αη ant-asn-ed [a filth-MaPl 3MaPl ' [Foe i-s-arhan-asn ara-tsen] 3MaSgS-Caus-be.sick.LoImpfP-Partpl ...

646 12 Extraction processes d. nsekk [a i-waet] lSg [Foe 3MaSgS-hit.PerfP] 'It is me [focus] that he hit.' [K-d] e. α-wen-dasY [ ...

12.2 Focalization 647 12.2.4 Focalization of adverbial NP Focalization of a spatial adverbial is illustrated in (751). Adverbial ...

648 12 Extraction processes (752) a-haenay [sn-jä ae-raena] Sg-see.VblN [lPlS-do.Reslt Sg-suffering] 'See suffering [focus] is w ...

12.3 Interrogatives 649 available. In (754), the extracted NP is from a complement clause rather than from the 'want' clause (lo ...

650 12 Extraction processes (757) ae-wddam η "a-rram—, η ae-rojj dasr ak Sg-human Poss Sg-town—, Poss Sg-bush too yes/no? ad 0-a ...

12.3 Interrogatives 651 As with prepositional-complement focalization, the preposition is cliticized to the focalized constituen ...

652 12 Extraction processes d. ma-\k£ey i-sla-n what?-\2MaSgO 3MaSgS-occupy.Reslt-Partpl.MaSg 'What is occupying you-MaSg?' (= ' ...

12.3 Interrogatives 653 c. ma t-aemos t-üla-t-t what? 3FeSgS-be.Reslt Fe-kind-Fe-FeSg t-α t-allae-t di-hen Fe-Dem.Sg 3FeSgS-be.R ...

654 12 Extraction processes The Im speaker used andek w-α 'which (one)?' in isolation, adding a demonstrative to sndek. He kept ...

12.3 Interrogatives 655 For ma i-ja meaning 'where is he?', see §12.3.3, above. 12.3.6 'when?' (mandajü, harammen, ammed) 'When? ...

656 12 Extraction processes (773) a. ma-\fasl-\ad t-aqqal-aed what?-\Loc-\Centrip 2S-return.Reslt-2MaSgS 'Why did you-Sg come ba ...

12.3 Interrogatives 657 For T-md, K-d, and A-grm, the usual 'which?' interrogative is andek, which is identical or very similar ...

658 12 Extraction processes The explicit 'which?' pronominals compete with partitive phrases of the type 'who (or what) among th ...

12.3 Interrogatives 659 e. [man-iket '0-sil-an] t-aejjae-n [how.many? Pl-day-MaPl] LoImpf-do.LoImpiP-3MaPl [dar "s-s-asü [in Sg- ...

660 12 Extraction processes c. war sssen-aev Neg know.PerfN-lSgS [msndajüAd i-mmu-t] [when?-\Comit 3MaSgS-die.PerfP-Aug] Ί don't ...

12.3 Interrogatives 661 c. ... [aniket l-ss-snsa] ... [amount 3MaSgS-Caus-be.sold.PedP] '...the amount he paid.' d. ... [e t-akk ...