[Lexicog] Polarity words

[Conor McDonough Quinn]

Dia dhaoibh, a chairde!

This pattern, as noted by others here before, is also found in other
Algonquian languages.  It's present in Penobscot, and Benjamin Bruening
presented a discussion of it for Passamaquoddy (and Chinese) here a while
back: there's a downloadable version at his webpage:

http://www.ling.udel.edu/bruening/home/home.html

It's the "There is No Relation..." paper.  A bit technical if you're not
into the Minimalism thing, but even then, the data's there.  Till later,
keep well.

Sla/n,
bhur gcara


On Mon, 31 Jan 2005, Wayne Leman wrote:

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> To: Rudy Troike
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> Rudy, thank you for your response to my message about the Cheyenne word
> hova'ehe 'something, nothing' which I suggested was a polarity word, but
> you, correctly pointed out was not one. I'm sorry I could not respond
> sooner. I just got a new computer and it was defective and crashed. So I was
> out of email contact for awhile. I am now using a backup system and just
> recalling your message, since I do not have it on this backup computer.
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> BTW, another colleague wrote the same thing off-list to me about the
> Cheyenne word. I appreciate all the corrections and help.
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> Regards,
> Wayne
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> Wayne Leman
> Cheyenne dictionary project
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