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<div>This is a very interesting question. There are several studies you might want to look at. Here are some that come to mind:</div>
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<p style="margin-left:47px; text-align:justify; text-indent:-35.45pt"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Enfield, Nick J. et al. 2019. Polar answers. <i>Journal of Linguistics</i> 55(2). 277–304.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:47px; text-align:justify; text-indent:-35.45pt"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Holmberg, Anders. 2016. <em>The syntax of yes and no.</em> Oxford: Oxford University Press.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:47px; text-align:justify; text-indent:-35.45pt"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Parker, Steve. 2006. A cross-linguistic corpus of forms meaning ‘yes’. <em>Linguistic Discovery</em> 4(1). 1–34.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<div>They also mention additional studies in their references.</div>
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<div>Best,</div>
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<div>Andi</div>
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<div style="margin:0 0 10px 0;"><b>Gesendet:</b> Sonntag, 14. November 2021 um 11:12 Uhr<br/>
<b>Von:</b> "Giurgea Ion" <giurgeaion@yahoo.com><br/>
<b>An:</b> "LINGTYP LINGTYP" <lingtyp@listserv.linguistlist.org><br/>
<b>Betreff:</b> [Lingtyp] affirmative particles and affirmative answers</div>
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<div>Dear typologists,</div>
<div>Could you recommend any work on the typology of affirmative particles? Among the Indo-European languages, some use a dedicated affirmative particle such as "yes", others don't, using for affirmative answers the repetition of the verb or of the focused word, or an adverb with other uses (so, truly, indeed). The variety of forms and constructions suggests that the parent language didn't have an affirmative particle. In WALS this feature does not appear. Any information about affirmative answers in other language families would be welcome.</div>
<div>All the best,</div>
<div>Ion Giurgea</div>
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