<div dir="auto">In Horokoi (previously known as Wasembo), a Trans-New Guinea language which I have just started documenting, there is a rich system of demonstratives. One of these, "khaingu" (that one), is used as a truth marker when uttered alone. The speakers calque this into their Tok Pisin by saying "Em!" (It!) to mean "That's right!"<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">WKJ</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Oct 21, 2021, 12:18 Peter Austin <<a href="mailto:pa2@soas.ac.uk">pa2@soas.ac.uk</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">The Gamilaraay language, traditionally spoken in northern New South Wales, has a particle giirr or giirru that appears in sentence-initial position to indicate that the proposition expressed by the following words is true, e.g. giirr ngaya Gamilaraay guwaaldanha 'I truly/really am speaking Gamilaraay'. It can be used by itself as an interjection to express '(That is) true.'<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">If you want references or more examples email me.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Best</div><div dir="auto">Peter</div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, 21 Oct 2021, 12:49 Riccardo Giomi, <<a href="mailto:rgiomi@campus.ul.pt" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">rgiomi@campus.ul.pt</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>...And then of course you have the rhetorical/discourse-marker use of ablative <i>vero</i> in Latin to mean 'in particular, specifically, that is', etc.. This survives in the Italian form <i>ovvero</i>, which I would assume derives from agglutination of the disjunctive preposition/conjunction <i>o</i> ('or') + <i>vero</i> ('true').</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>R<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Carl Whitehead <<a href="mailto:carlrwhitehead@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">carlrwhitehead@gmail.com</a>> escreveu no dia quinta, 21/10/2021 à(s) 06:52:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-CA"><div><p class="MsoNormal">In Menya (Angan sub-family, Trans New Guinea family in Papua New Guinea), the expression for <span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">‘</span>true<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">’</span> (often used as a response to a question or a affirmation of agreement and also as an adjective or noun) is <i>naq</i><i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" lang="EN-US">ä</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US"> qaku</span></i><i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" lang="EN-US">ä</span></i><span lang="EN-US">, where </span><i>naq</i><i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" lang="EN-US">ä</span></i><span lang="EN-US"> is </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" lang="EN-US">‘</span><span lang="EN-US">big</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" lang="EN-US">’</span><span lang="EN-US"> and <i>qaku</i></span><i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" lang="EN-US">ä</span></i><span lang="EN-US"> is </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" lang="EN-US">‘</span><span lang="EN-US">stump, base of a tree</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" lang="EN-US">’</span><span lang="EN-US"> or </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" lang="EN-US">‘</span><span lang="EN-US">basis, reason</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" lang="EN-US">’</span><span lang="EN-US">. In church circles, the expression is also used at the end of prayers as </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" lang="EN-US">‘</span><span lang="EN-US">amen.</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" lang="EN-US">’</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div style="border-color:rgb(225,225,225) currentcolor currentcolor;border-style:solid none none;border-width:1pt medium medium;padding:3pt 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Lingtyp <<a href="mailto:lingtyp-bounces@listserv.linguistlist.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">lingtyp-bounces@listserv.linguistlist.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Mira Ariel<br><b>Sent:</b> October 21, 2021 10:00 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:lingtyp@listserv.linguistlist.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">lingtyp@listserv.linguistlist.org</a><br><b>Cc:</b> Shirly Orr <<a href="mailto:orr.shirly@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">orr.shirly@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> [Lingtyp] Truth markers<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(68,84,106)" lang="EN-US">Hi,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(68,84,106)" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(68,84,106)" lang="EN-US">My student, Shirly Orr, and I are interested in truth markers, such as <i>true</i>, <i>real, right</i>.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(68,84,106)" lang="EN-US">Are they frequently attested in natural languages? <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(68,84,106)" lang="EN-US">We're interested in etymological sources for them, as well as meanings they evolve to express. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(68,84,106)" lang="EN-US">Any leads on literature we can dig up?<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(68,84,106)" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(68,84,106)" lang="EN-US">Thanks,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(68,84,106)" lang="EN-US">Mira Ariel<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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