query: grammaticalization go/be.in > negation

Thu Jan 31 19:55:06 UTC 2013

And, "it went beautifully", "it's going beautifully, nicely, rather badly, better than expected, ... "

Elena Bashir

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> From: Ian Maddieson <ianm at BERKELEY.EDU>
>To: LINGTYP at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG 
>Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 1:09 PM
>Subject: Re: query: grammaticalization go/be.in > negation
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>... but, on the other hand, "go well", "go swimmingly", and even "go viral" 
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>I'm not sure the negativity inheres in "go"
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>Ian
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>On 31 Jan 2013, at 09:10, Paul Hopper wrote:
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>An adjective complement of English 'go'  has a negative force, e.g. go
>>bad, bankrupt, missing, crazy, postal [see
>>http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/159050.html], but not *cheerful,
>>*prosperous, etc.
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>>- French pas?
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>>Paul Hopper
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>>Dear David,
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>>In Tamazight of Ayr Ndhir the negator of predications of identity
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>>appears to be composed of the negative particle/prefix ur and a form
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>>of the verb go -idd
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>>(Penchoen, 1973: 63)
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>>a.ismuryaz-adÌ±ur-iddhÌ£usa
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>>thisman-thisNEG-goHusa
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>>â€™This manâ€™s name is not Husaâ€™
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>>b.ur-iddllÉ™b É›aya
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>>NEG-goplaythis
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>>â€˜This is no gameâ€™
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>>I haven't been able to verify this for other varieties of Tamazight.
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>>Generally, it is my impression that this kind of extension is
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>>relatively rare but it may be the case that it just hasn't been
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>>studied properly. Matthew Juge (1998) has a paper on the overlapping
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>>suppletion between the paradigms of ser and ir in Spanish; these verb
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>>share the same suppletive form in the preterite . It's true it is the
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>>affirmative variants of the verbs but still.
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>>
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>>Best wishes,
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>>
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>>Ljuba
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>>References
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>>Juge, Matthew. 1998. On the Rise of Suppletion in Verbal Paradigms. Ms.,
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>>BLS 25.
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>>Penchoen, Thomas G. 1973. Tamazight of the Ayt Ndhir. Los Angeles:
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>>Undena Publications.
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>>On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 1:16 PM, Everett, Daniel <DEVERETT at bentley.edu>
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>>wrote:
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>>In PirahÃ£, David, the relevant construction is:
>>>>
>>hi-ab-Ã¡o-b-Ã¡
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>>it-negative-completive-perfective-remote (out of control of speaker)
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>>hi-ab-a (without aspectual morphology) is used for 'no' or 'didn't'
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>>The former has the sense of 'to have run out' but is very similar in
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>>many contexts to 'allgone.'
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>>-- Dan
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>>On Jan 31, 2013, at 6:53 AM, Hewitt, Stephen wrote:
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>>Hello David,
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>>In Breton, yes.
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>>Aed   eo      toud
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>>Gone  is3sg   all
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>>"it's all gone"
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>>With the same meaning as in English. In French you have to use the verb
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>>"partir" = leave, not "aller" = go.
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>>Best,
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>>>>>
>>Steve
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>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>Steve Hewitt
>>>>>
>>30 rue Charles Baudelaire
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>>75012 PARIS
>>>>>
>>France
>>>>>
>>s.hewitt at unesco.org
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>>+33/-0 1.45.68.06.08 work
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>>+33/-0 6.32.13.79.42 mobile
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>>+33/-0 1.46.28.89.16 home
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>>-----Original Message-----
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>>From: Discussion List for ALT
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>>[mailto:LINGTYP at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of David Gil
>>>>>
>>Sent: 31 January 2013 05:30
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>>To: LINGTYP at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG
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>>Subject: query: grammaticalization go/be.in > negation
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>>Dear all,
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>>In English motherese, the expression 'allgone' is often used to express
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>>a negative concept involving the disappearance or absence of an entity
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>>previously present.
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>>I am interested in ascertaining how common or rare it is,
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>>cross-linguistically, for a verb of motion (eg. 'go') or location (eg.
>>>>>
>>'be in') to undergo extension of meaning, or grammaticalization, to
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>>express various negative concepts, as in the above 'allgone' example.
>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>The reason behind this query is as follows.  In Roon (an Austronesian
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>>language of West Papua), the same verb has a range of meanings which
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>>includes 'be in' and 'disappear'.  (The logic behind this would seem to
>>>>>
>>be that if something goes or is located somewhere else, then it is no
>>>>>
>>longer here.)   In addition, the stem on which this verb is based is
>>>>>
>>also used to form negative imperatives.  I am currently trying to
>>>>>
>>figure out whether to analyze this in terms of macrofunctionality,
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>>polysemy, or accidental homophony, so whether similar patterns are
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>>attested cross-linguistically would be of relevance to the choice of
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>>analysis.
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>>>>>
>>Looking forward to any responses,
>>>>>
>>
>>>>>
>>David
>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>--
>>>>>
>>David Gil
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>>>>>
>>Department of Linguistics
>>>>>
>>Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Deutscher Platz 6,
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>>D-04103 Leipzig, Germany
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>>Telephone: 49-341-3550321 Fax: 49-341-3550119
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>>Email: gil at eva.mpg.de
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>>Webpage:  http://www.eva.mpg.de/~gil/
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>>-- 
>>Paul J. Hopper,
>>Paul Mellon Distinguished Professor of Humanities Emeritus,
>>Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences,
>>Carnegie Mellon University,
>>Pittsburgh, PA 15213,
>>Tel. 412-683-1109,
>>Fax 412-268-7989.
>>
>>Adjunct Professor of Linguistics,
>>Department of Linguistics,
>>University of Pittsburgh.
>>
>>Senior External Fellow,
>>School of Linguistics and Literature,
>>Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS),
>>Freiburg i.Br., Germany
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>Ian Maddieson
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>Department of Linguistics
>University of New Mexico
>MSC03-2130
>Albuquerque NM 87131-0001
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