Abstract
In this paper we examine the interaction between discourse function and agreement in Setawana, a northern dialect of Setswana. 1 In particular, we explore the grammatical and anaphoric agreement properties of Setawana subject and object markers from the Lexical-Functional Grammar (LFG) perspective of Bresnan and Mchombo (1987) (henceforth B&M). The paper focusses on subject and object asymmetries in Setawana and their treatment within the framework developed by B&M. We discuss a number of analyses of the Setawana data, including the hypothesis that both the subject marker (SM) and object marker (OM) are incorporated pronominals, and that the subject marker ( SM ) is not * * * *
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