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    <p><font face="Calibri">Dear Joe,<br>
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        If you do not limit yourself to the Papuan languages, zero verb
        roots should be occasionally found in many languages, I guess
        (although I don't have many examples). <br>
        E.g. the Russian verb <i>вынуть </i>"take out" is considered
        to have no root due to historical changes (вы- is a regular
        prefix "out(wards)", -ну is a regular suffix (semelfactive), and
        -ть is the infinitive suffix).<br>
        Some forms of Basque auxiliaries should probably be analyzed as
        having no root, e.g. zen (Past </font><font face="Calibri">3SG
        of the i</font><font face="Calibri">ntransitive auxiliary, where
        both z- and -en appear elsewhere as past markers).<br>
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        All best,<br>
        Alexandre<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">27/02/2024 05:26, Pun Ho Lui via
      Lingtyp пишет:<br>
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      Dear All, and 哈佬 Hilario, 
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      <div>Thank you for all the responses.</div>
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      <div>To slightly summarize (which is already claimed by Comrie and
        Zamponi 2019), the zero verb root/allomorph can be found in
        Trans New Guinea (e.g. Horokoi by Wesley Kuhron Jones). Those
        verbs tend to be semantically light, e.g. ‘hit’, ‘come’, ‘give’
        and ‘be’ (e.g. Menggwa Dla).</div>
      <div>It also seems like such phenomenon can be found in other
        languages, e.g. Yawuru (Nyulnyulan) and Bardi in Australia, and
        potentially Ket.</div>
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      <div>Warmest,</div>
      <div>Joe </div>
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            <div>Pun Ho Lui <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:luiph001@gmail.com"><luiph001@gmail.com></a> 於 2024年2月24日
              下午2:06 寫道:</div>
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                All,
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                <div>Recently I am interested in the “zero verb root” in
                  Papuan languages, that is, the meaning of the verb(s)
                  are indicated by a root that has no phonological
                  expression (Comrie and Zamponi 2019), as in (1).</div>
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                <div>(1) Selepet (McElhanon 1973)</div>
                <div>Ø-nek-sap</div>
                <div>see-1sGO-3SGS.IMMPST </div>
                <div>'He saw me’</div>
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                <div><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Papuan
                    languages (potentially) with zero verb root I have
                    collected so far are: Abau, Abun, Coastal Marine,
                    Edolo, Kalamang, Main, Nimboran, Amele, Yeri, Yima,
                    Whitehead, Awe,Siroi, Gahuku, Bukiyip, Anêm, Kâte
                    and Selepe.</span></div>
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                <div><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I am
                    wondering do you know of other Papuan languages with
                    this feature.</span></div>
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                <div><font><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Thank
                      you.</span></font></div>
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                <div><font><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Warmest,</span></font></div>
                <div><font><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Pun
                      Ho Lui Joe</span></font></div>
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                <div><font><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">References: </span></font></div>
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                          <p><font face="Times New Roman">Bernard Comrie
                              and Raoul Zamponi. 2019. Verb Root
                              Ellipsis. In Matthew Baerman, Oliver Bond,
                              Andrew Hippisley (eds.): <span
                                style="font-style: italic;">Morphological
                                perspectives: Papers in honour of
                                Greville G. Corbett</span>, 233–280.
                              Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.</font></p>
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                                <p><font face="Times New Roman">McElhanon,
                                    Kenneth A. 1972. <span
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                                      Grammar. Part </span><span
                                      style="font-style: italic;">1: </span><span
                                      style="font-style: italic;">From
                                      Root to Phrase. </span>Canberra:
                                    Pacific Linguistics.</font></p>
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