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Item Focus Marking in Kusaal(University of Ghana, 2019-03-27) Musah, A.In this paper, we highlight the strategies that are used to mark focus or place emphasis on elements in the Kusaal clausal construct. Following Dakubu (2005:18-21), we make a distinction between "broad" and "narrow" focus. As a result, we also make a formal distinction between Foc (initial cap only) and FOC (all caps) and relate the former form to broad focus and the latter to narrow focus. We thus differentiate between nɛ/-nɛ Foc and the -i clitic focus marker as opposed to the narrow focus marker, ka, and show that these are used almost always in exclusion of the other.