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<p>Dear Ponrawee,</p>
<p>not sure if you're also interested in first and second person
pronouns, but in Turkish the first and second person plural
pronouns, biz and siz 'we', 'you.PL', can also take the regular
plural ending from nouns, yielding biz-ler and siz-ler
respectively. These forms add nuances of politeness and other
aspects to the pronoun that I have never fully understood, but are
doubtless described in the available grammars (try Kerslake and
Göksel's (2005) Turkish. A comprehensive grammar. Routledge).</p>
<p>best</p>
<p>Geoff<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 15.11.2019 um 17:01 schrieb Ponrawee
Prasertsom:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Dear all,
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<div>I have been looking at a number of Tai languages and found
that in some of these languages, plural pronouns can
optionally take a plural marker normally used on common nouns.
For instance, in Shan (Southwestern Tai), the third person
plural pronoun <i>khau</i> can optionally take the plural
marker <i>cɯ(nai)</i>, viz. <i>khau cɯ(nai)--</i>at least
according to Cushing 1871.</div>
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<div>Assuming this analysis is correct (if it's not please
kindly inform me), I'm wondering how rare this is for
pronouns? A quick lookup revealed that a similar phenomenon
called "double plural marking" is found in some languages, but
seems to be restricted to common nouns only. Does anyone know
of any other instances like this for pronouns in other
languages?</div>
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<div>Sources: Cushing, Josiah Nelson. Grammar of the Shan
Language. Rangoon: American Mission Press, 1871.</div>
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<div>Best regards,</div>
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Prasertsom</span><br>
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<div>Department of Linguistics</div>
<div><span style="letter-spacing:0.2px">Faculty of Arts, </span>Chulalongkorn
University</div>
<div>Bangkok, Thailand</div>
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