[Lingtyp] Languages that lack syntactic self-embedding (Kilu von Prince)

Thu Apr 23 17:12:19 UTC 2020

Dear Kilu,

I'd recommend that you look at the debate in volume 85 of Language
(2009). Andrew Nevins, David Pesetsky and Cilene Rodrigues critiqued
many of Daniel Everett's claims re: Pirahã. Everett replied to their
article, and Nevins, Pesetsky and Rodrigues then replied to his reply.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.0.0107

Another article that you should look at (from volume 93 of Language)
is "NP recursion over time: Evidence from Indo-European," by Widmer,
Auderset, Nichols, Widmer and Bickel. DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.2017.0058

A more recent book that you might want to check out is "Recursion
Across Domains," which examines evidence for and against recursive
syntactic structure in a range of languages (including quite a few
from Brazil). "Recursion Across Domains" was given two different
reviews in Language, one exceptionally critical (by Everett and
Gibson) and the other quite positive (by Norbert Hornstein). If you
read those reviews then you should also look at Rodrigues's response
to Everett and Gibson, available here:
https://ling.auf.net/lingbuzz/004928

All the best,
Adam

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>    4. Re: predicative possession (Hilary Chappell)
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> From: Kilu von Prince <watasenia at gmail.com>
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> Dear all,
>
> I'm trying to get an overview of languages that have been described as
> lacking (certain types of) syntactic embedding, such as Teiwa, Kayardild or
> Pirahã.
>
> In particular, I'm interested in languages that do not allow for (certain
> types of) subordinate clauses. Evidence for lack of iterated possessive NPs
> (Mary's mother's house) or PPs (the pen on the book on the desk) would also
> be of interest to me.
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> Feel free to send me your references and examples directly, I promise to
> compile a summary of all informative responses and post it to the list.
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> All the best,
> Kilu
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> From: Fany Muchembled <fany.muchembled at tec.mx>
> To: Sergey Loesov <sergeloesov at gmail.com>,
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> Subject: Re: [Lingtyp] predicative possession
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> Beside Heine (the major reference) and Stassen (more cuestionable), Creissels wrote a reference paper a few years ago:‘Remarques sur l’émergence de verbes ‘avoir’ au cours de l’histoire des langues’. Faits de langues. 149-158.
> He has also publishes other Works about the topic (see http://www.deniscreissels.fr/index.php?pages/articles-publi%C3%83%C2%A9s)
>
> and for an exploration of this topic in uto-aztecan languages:
> Muchembled, F. 2014. La posesión predicativa en lenguas yutoaztecas. Tesis doctoral. Hermosillo, UNISON / Paris, INALCO
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> Regards,
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> Dra. Fany Muchembled
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> Enviado: miércoles, 22 de abril de 2020 04:25 a. m.
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> Asunto: [Lingtyp] predicative possession
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> Dear colleagues,
>
> could you please advise me literature on the encoding of the notion HAVE/HAVING in the languages that, unlike English, do not have generally applicable and versatile HAVE-verbs? I am interested in the grammaticalization paths in this semantic domain.  (I suspect people call this field “predicative possession.”)
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> Best wishes,
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>  Sergey
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> From: Raffaele Simone <rsimone at os.uniroma3.it>
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> The late Hansjakob Seiler has dealt with the notion "possession" in
> depth in several of his papers and books. See for instance:
>
> Hansjakob Seiler, Possession as an operational dimension of language.
> Günter Narr Verlag, Language Universals Series 2. Tübingen, 1983
>
> Best,
>
> Raffaele Simone
>
> Università Roma Tre, Rome
>
> Il 22/04/2020 18:35, Paolo Ramat ha scritto:
> > Dear Sergey, you might be interested in the following reference:
> >
> >   Gianguido Manzelli, Paolo Ramat & Elisa Roma, Remarks on marginal possession: are feelings owned? In: Mediterranean languages. Papers from the MEDTYP workshop, Tirrenia, June 2000. Ed. by Paolo Ramat & Thomas Stolz. Universitätsverlag Dr. N. Brockmeyer. Bochum 2002: 223-245.
> >
> > Best wishes,
> > P.Rt.
> >
> > -----Messaggio originale-----
> > Da: Lingtyp [mailto:lingtyp-bounces at listserv.linguistlist.org] Per conto di Egor Kashkin
> > Inviato: mercoledì 22 aprile 2020 14:14
> > A: Sergey Loesov <sergeloesov at gmail.com>
> > Cc: lingtyp at listserv.linguistlist.org
> > Oggetto: Re: [Lingtyp] predicative possession
> >
> > Dear Sergey,
> >
> > I think you might be interested in this paper by László Honti on Uralic, including a huge list of references:
> > http://www.kirj.ee/public/Linguistica_Uralica/2008/issue_3/ling-2008-3-161-177.pdf
> >
> > Best wishes,
> > Egor Kashkin
> >
> > ср, 22 апр. 2020 г. в 14:25, Sergey Loesov <sergeloesov at gmail.com>:
> >> Dear colleagues,
> >>
> >> could you please advise me literature on the encoding of the notion
> >> HAVE/HAVING in the languages that, unlike English, do not have
> >> generally applicable and versatile HAVE-verbs? I am interested in the
> >> grammaticalization paths in this semantic domain.  (I suspect people
> >> call this field “predicative possession.”)
> >>
> >> Best wishes,
> >>
> >>   Sergey
> >>
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> From: Hilary Chappell <hmchappell at gmail.com>
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> Denis and I have recently published a paper on this general topic, based on
> a sample of 71 languages from East and Southeast Asia:
>
> H. Chappell & D. Creissels. 2019.Topicality and the typology of predicative
> possession. *Linguistic Typology* (2019) 23.3 468-532.
> https://doi.org/10.1515/lingty-2019-0016
>
> Best regards,
> Hilary Chappell
> Chair Professor in the Typology of East Asian languages / Directrice
> d'études en typologie linguistique de l'Asie orientale
> Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)
> Centre de recherches linguistiques sur l'Asie orientale (CRLAO)
> Paris
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> On Wed, 22 Apr 2020 at 13:25, Sergey Loesov <sergeloesov at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Dear colleagues,
> >
> > could you please advise me literature on the encoding of the notion
> > HAVE/HAVING in the languages that, unlike English, do not have generally
> > applicable and versatile HAVE-verbs? I am interested in the
> > grammaticalization paths in this semantic domain.  (I suspect people call
> > this field “predicative possession.”)
> >
> > Best wishes,
> >
> >  Sergey
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