Fwd: accusative + analytical DO markers

[Daniel W. Hieber]

Sergej, Matthew,

I just wanted to pass along this note from David Kaufmann, PhD candidate at the University of Kansas, regarding the postpositions in Biloxi, a language he's done some work with. Something to consider when looking at the Biloxi data.

best,

Danny

Omnis habet sua dona dies. ~ Martial

Begin forwarded message:

> From: David Kaufman <dvkanth2010 at gmail.com>
> Date: May 27, 2013, 1:05:35 PM EDT
> To: "Daniel W. Hieber" <dwhieb at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: accusative + analytical DO markers
> 
> Thanks, Danny!  Here is my response:
> 
> Dear Sergej and Matthew:
> 
> I'm not convinced that yaNka(N) is a postposition in Biloxi.  It may simply be the -yaN topic marker (definite article) + kaN switch reference (different subject/topic) marker.  Einaudi hadn't done a great job figuring out all of the supposed suffixes in Biloxi.  The only sure way I know of marking "accusative" or direct object "case" in Biloxi is via the -kaN or -k suffix.  But even this is seldom used in Biloxi texts, so I'm always hesitant to call it a "case," since it appears to be subject to speaker preference (perhaps stylistic) and not required as are cases in, for instance, Russian or Latin.
> 
> David Kaufman
> University of Kansas
> dvkanth2010 at gmail.com
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