A Summary Analysis of the Discourse Structure of the Kemedzung Language

Abbreviations, 1 Introduction, 1.1 Name of the language, 1.2 Genetic affiliation, 1.3 Sociolinguistic situation, 1.3.1 Demography, 1.3.2 Viability, 1.3.3 Language attitudes, 1.3.4 Multilingualism, 1.4 Corpus and nature of the research, 2 Definition of discourse structure and discourse analysis, 3 Approach of this paper toward discourse analysis, 4 Narrative discourse structure analysis of Kemedzung, 4.1 Peak marking, 4.1.1 Parallel phrases, 4.1.2 Tail-head structure, 4.1.3 Exclamatory , words/phrases, 4.1.4 Longer sentences, 4.1.5 Increased use of direct and indirect speech, 4.2 Theme Marking, 4.2.1 Opening, 4.2.2 Closing, 4.2.3 Semantic domains, 4.3 Participant reference, 4.3.1 Distinguishing between different participants, 4.3.2 Prominence marking of participants, 4.3.2.1 Formal introduction, 4.3.2.2 Demonstratives, 4.3.2.3 Use of name, 4.3.2.4 Increased use of name or noun phrases, 4.3.2.5 Possessive with subject, 4.3.2.6 Kɨbɛɛ, 4.3.2.7 Repetition of subject as pronoun, 4.3.2.8 Left-dislocation, 4.4 Boundary marking, 4.4.1 Juxtaposition, 4.4.2 Temporal adverbs and phrases, 4.4.3 Tail-head structure, 4.5 Connectives between and within sentences, 4.5.1 Progression, 4.5.2 Contrast, 4.5.3 Addition, 4.5.4 Condition, 4.5.5 Reason and purpose, 4.5.6 Vocative, 4.6 Backgrounding and foregrounding, 4.6.1 Tense, 4.6.2 Subordinate clauses, 4.7 Verb ranking, 4.8 Confusing particles, 4.8.1 Lɨ, 4.8.2 Ɨ, 5 Conclusion, 6 References, 7 Appendix, 7.1 Text: Five People in One Week, 7.2 Text: Nothing, 7.3 Text: Traveling Advice.