Thispaperstudiestheformalmeanstoexpressfocusonthelexicalmeaningoftheverbas wellasonverbaloperators(polarity,tense,aspectandmood,cf.thenotionof“predication focus”inGüldemann2002:330f.)inGbelanguagesfromacomparativeperspective. AlthoughtheGbelanguagesconstituteaclearlydefinedgroupofgeneticallyrelated languages(“dialec...