Marking accessible information in Kimaragang

Abstract

This paper describes a discourse particle (gima) whose meaning and functions seem to be quite similar (but not identical) to those of German unstressed ja.Gima indicates that the at-issue content of the utterance is accessible and uncontroversial.Utterances containing gima often convey expressive content in addition to their descriptive content, and I suggest that gima may sometimes serve as a marker of exclamatory force, in addition to its core functions stated above.1.

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