Focus Mongol Heleer «CERTIFIED ✦»

In 78% of narrow focus responses in Heleer , accusative case was absent when the object was focused preverbally, compared to 12% in Khalkha. The clitic =l functions as an exhaustive focus marker in both varieties. However, in Heleer , =l attaches more frequently to non-subject arguments and can even follow a dropped case marker:

Kiss, K. É. (1995). Discourse configurational languages. Oxford University Press. Focus Mongol Heleer

: Nom=l unsh-sun book=FOC read-PAST ‘I read a BOOK (and nothing else).’ In 78% of narrow focus responses in Heleer

Pierrehumbert, J. (1980). The phonology and phonetics of English intonation (PhD thesis). MIT. Focus Mongol Heleer