Brian: note data correction

Cumberland, Linda A lcumberl at indiana.edu
Mon May 24 19:25:22 UTC 2010


Yes, or course it should. thanks for catching that, Mary -- I was 
dashing it off and had an uh-oh moment right after I sent 'send'. Brian 
take note.

Linda

Quoting Mary C Marino <mary.marino at usask.ca>:

> Linda -
>
> Shouldn't your example read:  HaNpa zhecha, taku nuha he?  for "What
> kind of shoes do *you* have?" ?
>
> Mary
>
>
>
> Cumberland, Linda A wrote:
>> Brian,
>>
>> Assiniboine would use zhecha for the kind of sentence you describe:
>>
>> haNpa zhecha       lit. 'shoe(s), that kind'
>> wowapi zhecha           'book(s), that kind'
>> xuxnaxyapi zhecha       'coffee(s) that kind'
>>
>> e.g., HaNpa zhecha, taku mnuha he? 'wWat kind of shoes do you have?'
>>
>> Answer would be, e.g., 'quilled and beaded'; 'soft-soled and "wooden" soled'
>>
>> I'm not sure how one would say the other type of sentence, the one
>> that is answered with specific brand names -- it might be the same
>> as your "subkind" reference.
>>
>> Linda
>>
>> Quoting Bryan James Gordon <linguista at gmail.com>:
>>
>>> One more thing (and this one does not need audio):
>>> Does anyone have any examples, in whatever language, of what is called
>>> "subkind" reference?
>>>
>>> This means using a noun to refer to particular different sorts of things
>>> that that noun refers to. In English such nouns are always plural. Here's
>>> some English examples:
>>>
>>> SHOES
>>> A: What shoes do you have? B: High-top, low-top, loafers...
>>> MAGAZINES
>>> A: What magazines do you have? B: Leisure, sports, news...
>>> COFFEES
>>> A: What coffees do you have? B: French roast, decaf, light roast...
>>>
>>> Here are some things that are NOT subkinds:
>>> A: What coffees do you have? B: Small cups, large cups, medium cups...
>>> A: What magazines do you have? B: Esquire, NASCAR, Newsweek...
>>> A: What shoes do you have? B: These here, this pair, and the discount rack.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> ***********************************************************
>>> Bryan James Gordon, MA
>>> Joint PhD Program in Linguistics and Anthropology
>>> University of Arizona
>>> ***********************************************************
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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