<div dir="ltr">Hi Christian,<div>See p. 412 in my Marind grammar for the "Affectionate" verb prefix <i>bat-</i>. I also cite Merlan's <a href="https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/145172/1/PL-B89.pdf">description</a> of the Ngalakan Compassion prefix <i>wirli- </i>(1983: 66) with a similar meaning.</div><div>Cheers</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jan 12, 2023 at 11:10 AM Christian Döhler <<a href="mailto:christian.doehler@posteo.de">christian.doehler@posteo.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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Dear colleagues,<br>
<br>
I am looking for publications that address the difference between
(1) and (2). In (2), the English adjective <i>poor</i> is used to
signal the speaker's sympathy or affection towards the dog.<br>
<ol>
<li><i>The dog is waiting for its owner.</i></li>
<li><i>The poor dog is waiting for its owner.</i></li>
</ol>
While English (and my native German) does this by extending the
meaning of the adjective <i>poor </i>(and <i>arm</i> in German),
other languages have special words with only that meaning. For
example, Komnzo <i>bana </i>is a postposed adjective that only
conveys sympathy. <br>
<br>
<i> ni bananzo namnzr karen.</i><br>
<i> </i>ni bana=nzo na\m/nzr
kar=en<br>
1NSG SYMP=only 1PL:NPST:IPFV/stay village=LOC<br>
'Only we poor guys stay behind in the village' (subtext: 'while
the others are going to the celebration in the neighbouring
village')<br>
(NSG = non-singular, SYMP = sympathy marker, NPST = nonpast)<br>
<br>
Yet other languages seem to have special verb morphology for this.
Van Tongeren describes this for Suki (her PhD grammar will probably
be available later this year).<br>
<br>
Pointers to more examples and publications of this are most welcome.
I was googling this with keywords like "sympathy", "empathy",
"affection", but with not much luck. So there might be a whole
literature on this phenomenon under different terminology. If that's
the case, then please excuse my ignorance.<i><br>
</i><br>
Very Best,<br>
Christian<br>
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