Table 4 Substitution error of the nominative marker for the topic marker
(Sub-)type | Frequency | Percentage | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Topic | 1A | subject of an introductory statement | 1416 | 67 | 3.8 |
1B | constituent other than subject as a topic | 312 | 17.8 | |||
1C | subject as a topic | 991 | 56.7 | |||
1D | subject of a general factual statement | 46 | 2.6 | |||
2 | Focus | 2A | constituent other than subject as a contrast | 333 | 124 | 7.1 |
2B | subject as a contrast | 137 | 7.8 | |||
2C | subject in contrastive focus constructions | 72 | 4.1 | |||