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line-height:115%;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">At the risk of being mislead by a legend or a hoax, I'd like to mention the story about English
<i>come here</i> resulting in the Rotuman (Austronesian) <i>kamia</i> for 'dog'. If this is true, this would, in a way, be something where "an expression meaning "come here" is reinterpreted as an exclamation whose effect seems to be to draw the interlocutor's
attention to the speaker", as formulated by David in his original query.</span></p>
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<b>Efni:</b> Re: [Lingtyp] query: "come here" > "hey" grammaticalization in spoken and sign language</font>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; color:rgb(0,0,0); background-color:transparent; vertical-align:baseline">In the languages of Daghestan, the imperative of the
verb 'to come' often also means 'let's go' and in some languages it is also used as a particle in a hortative construction (come.IMP drink = ‘let’s drink’). In Rutul, I tested such constructions by translating the sentence “let’s not go there’ - come.IMP go.NEG.
Unfortunately, I don't know if these words are used to attract attention. </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; color:rgb(0,0,0); background-color:transparent; vertical-align:baseline">Here, for example, is a description of such usage in
Mehweb - <a href="https://langsci-press.org/catalog/view/225/1597/1658-1">https://langsci-press.org/catalog/view/225/1597/1658-1</a>, and here, briefly, in Rutul -
</span><a href="https://lingconlab.github.io/rutul_dialectology/179_Hortative_marking.html" style=""><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; background-color:transparent; vertical-align:baseline">https://lingconlab.github.io/rutul_dialectology/179_Hortative_marking.html</span></a></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://lingconlab.github.io/rutul_dialectology/178_Hortative_%E2%80%98Let%E2%80%99s_go!%E2%80%99.html" style=""><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; background-color:transparent; vertical-align:baseline">https://lingconlab.github.io/rutul_dialectology/178_Hortative_%E2%80%98Let%E2%80%99s_go!%E2%80%99.html</span></a></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; color:rgb(0,0,0); background-color:transparent; vertical-align:baseline"> In addition, Timur Maysak
</span><a href="https://www.academia.edu/3007153/%D0%A2%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B8_%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BA%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%81_%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8_%D0%B4%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%B8_%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B8_2002_" style=""><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; background-color:transparent; vertical-align:baseline">wrote</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; color:rgb(0,0,0); background-color:transparent; vertical-align:baseline">
about hortative usages of 'come', but only in Russian, as far as I know.</span></p>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Le lun. 2 sept. 2024 à 14:55, Chao Li via Lingtyp <<a href="mailto:lingtyp@listserv.linguistlist.org">lingtyp@listserv.linguistlist.org</a>> a écrit :<br>
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<span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dear David,</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Thank you for your observation of this interesting phenomenon. I believe that Mandarin
</span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:12pt; font-family:DengXian">来</span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">lái (‘to come’ when used as a verb) is related to what you requested. (Particularly when the speaker intends to invite the addressee(s) to jointly participate in the action expressed by
the verb in the remaining part of the utterance), he or she, to draw the addressee(s)’ attention, may use </span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:12pt; font-family:DengXian">来</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> or
</span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:12pt; font-family:DengXian">来来来 </span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">at the beginning of a Chinese utterance (two
</span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:12pt; font-family:DengXian">来</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">’s in a row for this use appear to be less common; others may correct me if my intuition is wrong here). I didn’t
gloss </span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:12pt; font-family:DengXian">来</span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">in the following examples, but its vocative function appears to be clear.
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<span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">(1) </span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:12pt; font-family:DengXian">来，再唱一遍。</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Lái, zài chàng yí biàn.
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<span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> again sing one time</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">‘Hey, let’s sing it one more time!’ or ‘Hey, please sing it one more time.’ (depending on the context)</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">(2) </span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:12pt; font-family:DengXian">来，唱一遍给我们听听。</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Lái, chàng yí biàn gěi wǒmen tīngtīng.
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<span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> sing one time for us listen</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> ‘Hey, please sing it for us.’</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">(3) </span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:12pt; font-family:DengXian">来来来，咱们好好看看。</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Lái lái lái, zánmen hǎohǎo kànkàn.
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<span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> we carefully watch/examine/study</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> ‘Hey, let’s examine it carefully!’</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">(4) </span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:12pt; font-family:DengXian">来来来，再敬你一杯</span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">!</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Lái lái lái, zài jìng nǐ yì bēi!</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> again respectfully.offer you one cup</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> ‘Hey, another toast to you!’
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<span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Best regards,</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Chao</span></p>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Aug 31, 2024 at 4:20 PM David Gil via Lingtyp <<a href="mailto:lingtyp@listserv.linguistlist.org" target="_blank">lingtyp@listserv.linguistlist.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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<span lang="EN-US">Dear all,<span></span></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">I am interested in an apparent path of grammaticalization in which an expression meaning "come here" is reinterpreted as an exclamation whose effect seems to be to draw the interlocutor's attention to the speaker.<span>
</span>I am familiar with two such cases and would like to know if any of you happen to be familiar with others.<span></span></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">The first is from Hebrew, in which <i>bo hena</i> (come.IMP.2SGM here), reduced to
<i>boena</i>, may be used to begin an utterance, with an effect rather like English
<i>hey</i>, as in<span></span></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Boena yored gešem<span></span></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">BOENA descend.PRS.SGM rain<span></span></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">'Hey it's raining'<span></span></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">The reduced nature of the form is often reflected by its orthographic representation as a single word:
</span><span lang="HE" dir="RTL" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">בוא הנה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-US"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> >
</span><span lang="HE" dir="RTL" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">בואנה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-US"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>.<span></span></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">The second case is from the home sign used by a single deaf child and his hearing friends in Sorong, on the western tip of New Guinea.<span>
</span>The signers make use of a "come here" gesture that is widespread in many parts of the world, in which the hand is extended forward with the palm facing downward, and then makes one or more
</span><span lang="EN-US">sweeping </span><span lang="EN-US">downward motions, iconically suggesting movement from the interlocutor to the signer.<span>
</span>However, in this usage, the same gesture is used not to mean "come here", but rather to attract the interlocutor's attention, as a prelude to a further signed message.<span></span></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">I would appreciate any other examples you might be familiar with of similar paths of grammaticalization derived from "come here", in either spoken or signed language.<span>
</span>For what it's worth, Heine and Kuteva's (2002) <i>World Lexicon of Grammaticalization</i> provides examples of COME > HORTATIVE grammaticalization, which is perhaps in the same ballpark, but not quite the same thing.<span></span></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Thanks,<span></span></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">David<span></span></span></p>
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<pre cols="72">David Gil
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Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
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