Brian: note data correction

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-----Original Message-----
From: tom poulsen <poulsente at hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 16:17:17 
To: soo oos<siouan at lists.Colorado.EDU>
Subject: RE: Brian: note data correction



WHY IS IT FOR THE LAST WEEK I CANNOT UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS LIST????????

FOR THE LACK OFF TACT ABUSE MIGHT START LOOKING GOOD < ANYONE NEED THAT???????

GET ME OFF THIS LIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

> Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 15:25:22 -0400
> From: lcumberl at indiana.edu
> To: siouan at lists.Colorado.EDU
> Subject: Brian: note data correction
> 
> 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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