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Dear Francesca (and all),</div>
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Leti (Austronesian) has an "exactness" marker -- which again, actually appears to be a clitic, but anyway:</div>
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a. <i>N-tivl=</i><b><i>e</i></b><i>.</i> b. <i>N-tivla.</i></li></ol>
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3.SG-flap=<b>EXCT </b>3.SG-flap</div>
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‘It flaps.’ ‘It sort of flaps.’</div>
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(2) a. <i>vuar=lalavn=</i><b><i>e</i></b> b. <i>vuar=lalavn</i></div>
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big=mountain=<b>EXCT</b> big=mountain</div>
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‘a big mountain’ ‘a sort of a big mountain’</div>
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van Engelenhoven, Aone, 2004. <i>Leti, a Language of Southwest Maluku </i>(Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 211). KITLV Press, Leiden.</div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Lingtyp <lingtyp-bounces@listserv.linguistlist.org> on behalf of Christian Lehmann via Lingtyp <lingtyp@listserv.linguistlist.org><br>
<b>Sent:</b> 09 July 2024 19:44<br>
<b>To:</b> lingtyp@listserv.linguistlist.org <lingtyp@listserv.linguistlist.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Lingtyp] Evaluative morphology expressing "authenticity/prototypicality"</font>
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<div>Dear Francesca,<br>
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Cabecar (Chibchan) has a a formative <i>sí̱</i> with a twofold distribution:<br>
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a) As a derivational suffix on nouns, it means 'authentic', 'prototypical':<br>
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<a name="x__Ref392863461"></a><font color="#008000"><font face="Cambria, serif">a. chíchi-sí̱</font></font></p>
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<font face="Cambria, serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:11pt">dog-<span style="font-variant:small-caps">auth</span></font></font></p>
<p class="x_ex-translation"><font face="Cambria, serif"> ‘authentic dog’</font></p>
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<font color="#008000"><font face="Cambria, serif">b. ju-sí̱</font></font></p>
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<font face="Cambria, serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:11pt">house-<span style="font-variant:small-caps">auth</span></font></font></p>
<p class="x_ex-translation"><font face="Cambria, serif"> ‘authentic/real/legitimate house (i.e. traditional Cabecar house)’</font></p>
b) As an enclitic on adjectives, it means 'comparatively':<br>
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<a name="x__Ref392862889"></a><font color="#008000"><font face="Cambria, serif">a. báá=sí̱</font></font></p>
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<font face="Cambria, serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:11pt">nice=<span style="font-variant:small-caps">cmpr</span></font></font></p>
<p class="x_ex-translation"><font face="Cambria, serif"> ‘comparatively/truly nice’<br>
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<font color="#008000"><font face="Cambria, serif">b. daláá=sí̱</font></font></p>
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<font face="Cambria, serif"><font size="2" style="font-size:11pt">yellow=<span style="font-variant:small-caps">cmpr</span></font></font></p>
<p class="x_ex-translation"><font face="Cambria, serif"> ‘genuinely yellow’</font></p>
<p class="x_paragraph-w-lead">It fulfills this latter function in comparative constructions, too.</p>
<p class="x_paragraph-w-lead">Best, Christian<br>
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