[An-lang] Focus in Oceanic languages

[John Brownie]

I have had a few responses, though nobody has been able to help with the 
Sankoff reference. None of them seem to be similar to what I have in 
Mussau-Emira.

The particle in question is isaa (or possibly isa), and it is preposed 
rather than postposed. It most often occurs with a demonstrative or 
akapa 'all'. My feeling so far is that is some form of emphasis, but I'm 
still working through my corpus to try to identify any discourse function.

Thanks for the help!
John
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John Brownie
Mussau-Emira language, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea
Turku, Finland
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