<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Dear all,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">In previous years, I remember that our LingTyp discussion list had at least three discussions on related questions. For example, the question was about "</span><font face="monospace">Yes and No</font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">", and some people provided references, and/or examples of languages with echo answers. </font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">I just retrieved links to the archive:</div><div class="gmail_default"><ul><li><a href="https://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/lingtyp/2021-November/thread.html" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" target="_blank">Nov 2021</a><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">: thread “</font><font face="monospace"><b>affirmative particles and affirmative answers</b></font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">”</font></li><li><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><a href="https://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/lingtyp/2018-February/thread.html" target="_blank">Feb 2018</a>: (short) thread “</span><font face="monospace"><b>Answers to polarity questions: a typological study</b></font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">”</font></li><li><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><a href="https://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/lingtyp/2006-April/thread.html" target="_blank">Apr 2006</a>: threads “</span><font face="monospace"><b>YES and NO</b></font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">”, “</font><font face="monospace"><b>yes & no</b></font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">”</font></li></ul></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">These threads may be a useful complement to the current discussion.</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><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><font size="2">Alex</font></span><hr 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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"CMU Serif"">Dear all – Yucatec has several strategies for affirmative answers to polar questions. The following example illustrates the three strategies I encounter regularly:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"CMU Serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
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<u></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"CMU Serif""><span>(1)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"CMU Serif"">[A has described a photo for B, who is supposed to pick the matching photo out of a set of 12]<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="margin-left:.75in"><span lang="DE" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"CMU Serif"">T-a=kax-t-ah le=fòoto=o’?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:.75in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"CMU Serif"">PRV-A2=search/find-APP-CMP(B3SG) DEF=photo=D2<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:.75in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"CMU Serif"">‘Did you find the photo?’<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:.75in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"CMU Serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="a">
<li style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"CMU Serif"">T-<b>in=</b>kax-t-ah!<u></u><u></u></span></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"CMU Serif"">PRV-<b>A1SG-</b>search/find-APP-CMP(B3SG)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"CMU Serif"">‘I have!’ (lit. I found it)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"CMU Serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
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<li style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"CMU Serif"">Bèey=o’!<u></u><u></u></span></li></ol>
<p style="margin-left:.75in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"CMU Serif"">SIMIL(B3SG)=D2<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:.75in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"CMU Serif"">‘Yep!’ (lit. It is so)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"CMU Serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<ol style="margin-top:0in" start="3" type="a">
<li style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"CMU Serif"">Hàah!<u></u><u></u></span></li></ol>
<p style="margin-left:.75in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"CMU Serif"">true(B3SG)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:.75in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"CMU Serif"">‘Uhuh!’ (lit. It’s the truth)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:.75in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"CMU Serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"CMU Serif"">Without having actually checked the numbers, my impression is that (a) is by far the most frequent strategy in this particular context. The other two strategies may however each have
types of contexts in which they are the default choice – IDK. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"CMU Serif"">The strategy in (1a) involves repetition of the focus constituent, but with adjustment of deictic perspective. This is already illustrated in (1a). (2), an example from a text recorded
by Christian Lehmann (which I’m however quoting here from memory), features a cleft with a pronoun in focus:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"CMU Serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
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<u></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"CMU Serif""><span>(2)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"CMU Serif"">Tèech</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"CMU Serif"">=wáah le=k-a=k’àay=a’, mùuch? –
<b>Tèen!</b><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"CMU Serif"">you</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"CMU Serif"">(B3SG)=ALT DEF=IMPF-A2=sing=D2 frog
<b>me</b>(B3SG)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"CMU Serif"">‘Is it you who is singing here, frog?’ – ‘It’s me!’<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"CMU Serif"">HTH! – Juergen<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, December 13, 2023 at 08:45<br>
<b>To: </b>Jocelyn Aznar <<a href="mailto:contact@jocelynaznar.eu" target="_blank">contact@jocelynaznar.eu</a>>, <a href="mailto:lingtyp@listserv.linguistlist.org" target="_blank">lingtyp@listserv.linguistlist.org</a> <<a href="mailto:lingtyp@listserv.linguistlist.org" target="_blank">lingtyp@listserv.linguistlist.org</a>><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt"> It may not necessarily be a verb that is repeated. Garrwa also has ‘yes’ and ‘no’ responses in the repertoire of responses to polar questions.</span><span lang="EN-AU"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt">Well, I cannot imagine just echoing the verb in French for a yes/no
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answer. If I were to do it, either there would be a gesture marking the <br>
yes or no, then no problem, or it would be quite marked, and it would do <br>
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Le 13/12/2023 à 01:27, Ilana Mushin a écrit :<br>
> I agree with Paul Hopper here. I’d be surprised if there was a language <br>
> where you COULDN’T express affirmation by repetition. There’s work in <br>
> Conversation Analysis that suggests this. Tanya Stivers (2023) ‘The Book <br>
> of Answers’ OUP would be a good starting point.<br>
> <br>
> I was just yesterday transcribing some Garrwa (Northern Australian, <br>
> non-Pama-Nyungan) conversations, and came across affirmative repetition <br>
> answers in the 5 minutes or so that I transcribed.<br>
> <br>
> Ilana<br>
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> Ilana Mushin FAHA<br>
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> Professor of Linguistics<br>
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> *From: *Lingtyp <<a href="mailto:lingtyp-bounces@listserv.linguistlist.org" target="_blank">lingtyp-bounces@listserv.linguistlist.org</a>> on behalf of <br>
> Peter Arkadiev <<a href="mailto:peterarkadiev@yandex.ru" target="_blank">peterarkadiev@yandex.ru</a>><br>
> *Date: *Wednesday, 13 December 2023 at 1:24 am<br>
> *To: *Paul Hopper <<a href="mailto:hopper@cmu.edu" target="_blank">hopper@cmu.edu</a>>, Edoardo Nardi <<a href="mailto:e.nardi@unimarconi.it" target="_blank">e.nardi@unimarconi.it</a>><br>
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> *Subject: *Re: [Lingtyp] REQUEST<br>
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> Dear All,<br>
> <br>
> I am wondering if Anders Holmberg's 2016 book "The Syntax of Yes and No" <br>
> (OUP) might be relevant for this discussion.<br>
> <br>
> Best regards,<br>
> <br>
> Peter<br>
> <br>
> 12.12.2023, 17:39, "Paul Hopper" <<a href="mailto:hopper@cmu.edu" target="_blank">hopper@cmu.edu</a>>:<br>
> <br>
> An alternative formulation might be: which languages have particles<br>
> that are specialized for affirmative or negative responses such as<br>
> yes and no, and how common is this once areal phenomena are included.<br>
> <br>
> Paul<br>
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> On Tue, Dec 12, 2023 at 7:17 AM Edoardo Nardi <<a href="mailto:e.nardi@unimarconi.it" target="_blank">e.nardi@unimarconi.it</a><br>
> <</span><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="mailto:e.nardi@unimarconi.it" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">mailto:e.nardi@unimarconi.it</span></a></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt">>> wrote:<br>
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> Dear Fang,<br>
> <br>
> In Italian, at least in the north-eastern Tuscany varieties<br>
> (i.e. Florence and neighboring areas), we have that kind of<br>
> construction, though not particularly frequent and characterize<br>
> by the following features:<br>
> <br>
> - pragmatically marked meaning (simple emphasis);<br>
> <br>
> - usually, specific prosody;<br>
> <br>
> - usually, repetition of the verb.<br>
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> For example:<br>
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> Question: /Che _mangia_ i’ figliolo?/ ‘is the child _eating_?’<br>
> (lit. ‘that _eats_ the child?’)<br>
> <br>
> Answer: /mangia (mangia)/ (lit. ‘eats, eats’) = ‘yes (indeed)’<br>
> <br>
> I would say that it is possible in Florentine, but only under<br>
> the mentioned specific conditions; that is, it is not a<br>
> “standard” construction.<br>
> <br>
> Hope this helps!<br>
> <br>
> Best wishes,<br>
> <br>
> Edoardo Nardi, Ph.D.<br>
> Professor of Linguistics and Ancient Greek Language<br>
> Università degli Studi Guglielmo Marconi (Rome)<br>
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> Il giorno 12 dic 2023, alle ore 12:52, Hongmei Fang<br>
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> ha scritto:<br>
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> Please distribute the following message. Thanks!<br>
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> Dear all,<br>
> <br>
> I am investigating echo answers, i.e. answers that repeat a<br>
> fragment part of the polar question that they are responding<br>
> to. In the following example from Finnish the verb from the<br>
> question is repeated to mean 'yes'.<br>
> <br>
> Question: /Osaa-ko Liisa puhua ranskaa?/<br>
> Can-Q Liisa speak French<br>
> ‘Can Liisa speak French?’<br>
> Answer: /Osaa/<br>
> can<br>
> ‘Yes.’<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> I am looking for specialists and/or native speakers of<br>
> languages exhibiting this phenomenon who are willing to<br>
> provide information.<br>
> <br>
> I have collected data on some languages such as Finnish,<br>
> Russian, Korean, Chinese, Portuguese, Thai, etc. I am<br>
> expecting more.<br>
> <br>
> Examples of other languages which have been reported to have<br>
> echo answers are:<br>
> <br>
> Aguaruna, Atong, Bandial, Bunaq, Chaha, Chickasaw, Chol,<br>
> Evenki, Garifuna, Georgian, Gwa, Harari, Hindi, Hixkaryana,<br>
> Hup, Imbabura Quechua, Kannada, Kobon, Latin, Malayalam,<br>
> Marathi, Mauwake, Mualang, Rapanui, Semelai, Tamil,<br>
> Tigrinya, Vietnamese, West Greenlandic, Wai Wai, Wari, Yeli<br>
> Dnye, Yuyuca.<br>
> <br>
> But if your language is not in this list but does exhibit<br>
> echo answers, I would be equally interested.<br>
> <br>
> Thanking you in advance for your reactions, which you can<br>
> send to the email address below:<br>
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> Best regards,<br>
> <br>
> Hongmei Fang<br>
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