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Dear Joe,<br>
<br>
Since you ask about Papuan languages, and since the discussion has
already moved away from "zero root" to let's say "small phonological
material": Komnzo spoken in the Morehead district has two stems for
verb lexemes for expressing different aspectual distinctions. One of
the two stems tends to be shorter, and for high frequency verbs the
stem is often just a single consonant. <br>
<ul>
<li>Döhler, Christian (2018). <i>A grammar of Komnzo</i>.
Berlin: Language Science Press.</li>
</ul>
a few examples are:<br>
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<tr>
<td valign="top"><b>concept<br>
</b></td>
<td valign="top"><b>infinitive (-si)<br>
</b></td>
<td valign="top"><b>extended stem<br>
</b></td>
<td valign="top"><b>restricted stem<br>
</b></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">GIVE<br>
</td>
<td valign="top"><i>yarisi</i><br>
</td>
<td valign="top">-ri-<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">-r-<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">DO<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">n/a<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">-rä-<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">-r-<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">BUILD<br>
</td>
<td valign="top"><i>yrsi</i><br>
</td>
<td valign="top">-r-<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">-rsis-<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">SIT<br>
</td>
<td valign="top"><i>msaksi</i><br>
</td>
<td valign="top">-msak-<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">-m-<br>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<br>
Best,<br>
Christian<br>
<br>
<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 01.03.24 um 09:55 schrieb Pun Ho Lui
via Lingtyp:<br>
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Dear All,
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<div>Thank you for all the contribution. </div>
<div>It seems that some zero roots are synchronically zero but not
diachronically zero.</div>
<div>Another example would be u-‘go’ in Yagaria. In present tense,
there is a vowel assimilation between the ‘go’ and the
1sg/du/pl or 3sg marking.</div>
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<div>Warmest,</div>
<div>Joe<br>
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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>
<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>
<div><br>
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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>
<div><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
</span></div>
<div><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I am
wondering do you know of other Papuan languages with
this feature.</span></div>
<div><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
</span></div>
<div><font><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Thank
you.</span></font></div>
<div><font><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
</span></font></div>
<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>
<div><font><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
</span></font></div>
<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
style="font-style: italic;">Selepet
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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