<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><div class="gmail_default">dear Martin,</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">One dimension you forgot to mention, and which appears crucial to me for any study of that sort, is animacy. </div><div class="gmail_default">I can think of many languages where zero-anaphora is allowed (or even the rule) for inanimate patients, while it would be less possible for animate ~ human ones.</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">I think this is true, for example, for the <b>Mandarin </b>example you cite:</div></div></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style=""><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">今天早上我见到了<b><font color="#9900ff">她</font></b>。<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="monospace">Jīntiān zǎoshang wǒ jiàndào le <b style=""><font color="#9900ff">tā</font></b>.<br></font></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style=""><div class="gmail_default"><font face="monospace">today morning 1sg see PFT 3sg:(Fem)</font></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style=""><div class="gmail_default"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">'I saw <u style="font-weight:bold">her</u> this morning.'</font></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style=""><div class="gmail_default"><br></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style=""><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">今天早上我见到了。</font><br><div style=""><div class="gmail_default" style=""><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="monospace">Jīntiān zǎoshang wǒ jiàndào le <font color="#9900ff">∅</font>.<br></font></div></div></div><div style=""><div class="gmail_default"><div class="gmail_default"><font face="monospace">today morning 1sg see PFT ∅</font></div></div></div><div style=""><div class="gmail_default" style=""><div class="gmail_default"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">'I saw <u style="font-weight:bold">it</u> this morning.'</font></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style=""><div class="gmail_default"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default"><div class="gmail_default"></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style=""><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">(Chinese speakers and experts, please correct me.)</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><b>Mwotlap </b>(and other northern Vanuatu languages) would be similar: Zero anaphora is the norm for non-human objects, but not expected for human objects:</div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div dir="ltr" style=""><div class="gmail_default" style=""><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="verdana, sans-serif" style="">No m-eksas <font color="#9900ff" style=""><b>kē </b> </font>aqyig lemtap<br></font></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default"><div class="gmail_default"><font face="monospace">1sg PFT-see 3sg today:Past morning</font></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div dir="ltr" style=""><div class="gmail_default" style=""><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">'I saw </span><u style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">her</u><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"> this morning.'</span><br></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default"><div class="gmail_default"><br></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default"><div class="gmail_default"><div><div class="gmail_default"><div><div class="gmail_default"><div class="gmail_default"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">No m-eksas </font><b><font color="#9900ff">∅</font></b><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><font color="#9900ff"><b> </b> </font>aqyig lemtap<br></font></div></div></div><div><div class="gmail_default"><div class="gmail_default"><font face="monospace">1sg PFT-see </font>∅<font face="monospace"> today:Past morning</font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default"><div class="gmail_default"><div><div class="gmail_default"><div class="gmail_default">'I saw <u style="font-weight:bold">it</u> this morning.'</div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default"><div class="gmail_default"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default"><div class="gmail_default"></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><div class="gmail_default"><div class="gmail_default"></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">I don't think that Mandarin <i>tā</i> qualifies as a clitic; nor does Mwotlap <i>kē</i>. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Insofar as they are obligatorily expressed for animate patients, then these cases would constitute, like English, exceptions to the general principle you're proposing.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">best</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2">Alex</font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><hr style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" width="70" size="1" noshade align="left"><div style="font-family:"Segoe UI",Verdana,"Trebuchet MS",Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,102,102);font-size:11px;line-height:16.5px"><p style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif">Alex François</p><p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.lattice.cnrs.fr/en/alexandre-francois/" rel="noopener" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank">LaTTiCe</a> — <a title="ENS" href="http://www.cnrs.fr/index.html" rel="noopener" style="color:rgb(51,102,204);text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank">CNRS–</a><a title="ENS" 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style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" size="1"> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 16 Dec 2019 at 15:13, Haspelmath, Martin <<a href="mailto:haspelmath@shh.mpg.de">haspelmath@shh.mpg.de</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"></span><span lang="EN-US"></span><span lang="EN-US">I have a question on 3rd person anaphoric pronouns in the world’s languages.
In many languages, these are optional when they refer to a continuous topic, not only in subject (S/A) role, but also in object (P) role. So we get patterns like the following:</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">– Have you seen Lee today?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">– Yes, I met (her) in the cafeteria.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I’m wondering if the following universal tendency is true:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">(U) In almost all languages, if the anaphoric object pronoun is obligatory, it is a bound form (= a form that cannot occur on its own, i.e. an affix or a clitic).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Spanish and Arabic are examples of languages where the obligatory anaphoric object forms are bound (clitic or affix). English and German are exceptions to this generalization (and perhaps
a few other European languages as well). </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">But are there many exceptions? According to Siewierska (2004: 43), about two thirds of all languages (223 out of 378 in
<a href="https://wals.info/feature/102A" target="_blank">her WALS chapter</a>) have bound object person forms (= object indexes), so the hypothesized universal tendency is a question about those languages that lack object indexes, and have only independent
personal pronouns or demonstratives for object function. Are there many among them which (like English) obligatorily require an overt form in this function?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Or are most of them like Mandarin Chinese, which according to Wiedenhof (2015: §5.2.2) happily allows zero-anaphora sentences like
<i>Nǐ yào ma?</i> [you want Q] ‘Do you want it?’</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I’m interested in all reports of languages outside of Europe which are unlike Mandarin, and like English, in this respect.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Many thanks,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Martin</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
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Martin Haspelmath (<a href="mailto:haspelmath@shh.mpg.de" target="_blank">haspelmath@shh.mpg.de</a>)
Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
Kahlaische Strasse 10
D-07745 Jena
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Leipzig University
Institut fuer Anglistik
IPF 141199
D-04081 Leipzig </pre>
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