Positionals

Anthony Grant Anthony.Grant3 at btinternet.com
Thu Dec 12 19:20:21 UTC 2002


Dear Mr Garvin:

As I understand it, our fellow list-member Bob Rankin has worked on these
positionals in Dhegiha Siouan, though I don't know that he's published
anything.  he has given conference papers on them, though.

Best wishes

Anthony Grant.
----- Original Message -----
From: Henning Garvin <hhgarvin at hotmail.com>
To: <siouan at lists.colorado.edu>
Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 6:35 PM
Subject: Positionals


>
> Holiday greetings and a happy end of the semester to all.
>
> I was wondering if there has been any extensive work done dealing with the
> form and function of positionals in Siouan languages.  Given the
prominence
> and their interaction with plurality, tense, and demonstratives which I
have
> noticed in Ho-Chunk, in addition their often cited use as verbal affixes,
I
> would think an in-depth look had already been published.    Maybe my
> unpolished undergraduate research skill are still somewhat lacking but I
> can't seem to find anything dealing soley with this subject.  Any hints?
> Thank You
>
>
> Henning Garvin
> University of WIsconsin-Madison
> Linguistics/Anthropology
>
>
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