[Lingtyp] Any references on temporal relative clauses

Tue Dec 11 02:27:15 UTC 2018

what *is* a relative clause anyways? and what exactly is the function of
"relativization"?

On Mon, Dec 10, 2018 at 9:15 PM Adam James Ross Tallman <
ajrtallman at utexas.edu> wrote:

> Hey Jesus,
>
> In Chacobo temporal frame adverbial expressions are coded with a
> "relativization strategy" that takes a time of day noun and a deictic
> motion verb. I used to think they were bona fide relative clauses, but its
> probably better to think of them as clausal nominalizations.
>
> [image: image.png]
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> [image: image.png]
>
> from my grammar on page 757.
>
> Adam
>
> On Mon, Dec 10, 2018 at 8:05 PM Randy J. LaPolla <randy.lapolla at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear Jesús,
>> In Sino-Tibetan languages that is the most common pattern. Here are
>> references on Mandarin (Sinitic) and Rawang (Tibeto-Burman) relative
>> clauses, both of which include examples of the type you are looking for:
>>
>> LaPolla, Randy J. 2008b. Relative clause structures in the Rawang
>> language. *Language and Linguistics* 9.4:797-812.
>>
>> www.ntu.edu.sg/home/randylapolla/Papers/LaPolla_2008_Relative_Clause_Structures_in_the_Rawang_Language.pdf
>>
>>
>> LaPolla, Randy J. 2017. Noun-Modifying Clause Constructions in
>> Sino-Tibetan Languages. In Yoshiko Matsumoto, Bernard Comrie, & Peter Sells
>> (eds.), *Noun-Modifying Clause Constructions in Languages of Eurasia:
>> Reshaping theoretical and geographical boundaries,* 91-103. Amsterdam,
>> Philadelphia: John Benjamins Pub. Co.
>>
>> http://www.ntu.edu.sg/home/randylapolla/Papers/LaPolla_2017_Noun-modifying_clause_constructions_in_Sino-Tibetan_languages.pdf
>>
>> Hope these are of use to you.
>>
>> All the best,
>> Randy
>> -----
>> *Randy J. LaPolla, PhD FAHA* （羅仁地）
>> Professor of Linguistics, with courtesy appointment in Chinese, School of
>> Humanities
>> Nanyang Technological University
>> HSS-03-45, 14 Nanyang Drive | Singapore 637332
>> http://randylapolla.net/
>> Most recent books:
>> *The Sino-Tibetan Languages, 2nd Edition (*2017)
>>
>> https://www.routledge.com/The-Sino-Tibetan-Languages-2nd-Edition/LaPolla-Thurgood/p/book/9781138783324
>> *Sino-Tibetan Linguistics *(2018)
>>
>> https://www.routledge.com/Sino-Tibetan-Linguistics/LaPolla/p/book/9780415577397
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 11 Dec 2018, at 8:19 AM, Microsoft.com Member <
>> jesus_olguinmartinez at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> As you know in many languages temporal, locative, and manner adverbial
>> clauses are structurally identical to relative clauses. This structural
>> identity between relative clauses and adverbial clauses is not infrequent.
>> As Thompson et al. (2007: 245) point out adverbial clauses expressing time,
>> location, and manner can commonly be paraphrased, in many languages, “with
>> a relative clause with a generic and relatively semantically empty head
>> noun: time, place, and way/manner, respectively”.
>>
>> I send you this message because currently I am working on a final paper
>> for a course I am taking that explores “temporal relatives in the world´s
>> languages”, as can be seen in the examples in (1) and (2).
>> *Kisi* (Niger-Congo/Mel; Childs 1995: 287)
>> (1)       ŋ̀                      cò        cììkìáŋ, *lɔ́ɔ́*       ŋ̀
>>                  cò       hùnɔ́ɔ́-*ó*.
>>             1pl.sbj            aux     meet       time     2sg.sbj
>>            aux     come-rel
>>             ʻWe will see  you when you come.ʼ
>>
>> *Araki* (Austronesian/Oceanic: Vanuatu; François 2002: 182)
>> (2)       mo                vari-a               nunu
>>             3sg.real       take-3sg          shadow
>>             ʻHe took the photo
>>
>>             *lo       dani*     no-m̈am        ta         mo
>>                 pa        m̈is      m̈audu             ro.
>>             loc     day      poss-1exc.pl  dad      3sg.real        seq
>>       still      live                  prog
>>             at the time our father was still aliveʼ
>>
>> What I have found so far is that this construction seems to be very
>> frequent in many African (e.g. Eton, Koyra Chiini, Jalkunan, Fongbe, etc)
>> and Oceanic languages (e.g. Daakaka, Toqabaqita, 'Are'are, etc.). I was
>> wondering if you are aware of:
>>
>>    1. any paper(s) that has explore this type of construction.
>>    2. any languages that have this type of construction.
>>
>>
>> Any help will be appreciated!
>>
>> Best,
>> --
>> Jesús Olguín Martínez
>> Ph.D. Student, Dept. of Linguistics
>> *University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)*
>> http://www.linguistics.ucsb.edu/people/jesús-olguín-martínez
>>
>> *References*
>> Childs, G. Tucker. 1995. *A Grammar of Kisi: A Southern Atlantic
>> Language*. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton.
>> François, Alexandre. 2002. *Araki: A Disappearing Language of Vanuatu*.
>> (Pacific Linguistics, 522.) Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian
>> Studies, Australian National University.
>> Thompson, Sandra, Longacre, Robert & Hwang, Shin. 2007. Adverbial
>> Clauses. In *Language Typology and Syntactic Description, Volume I**I:
>> Complex Constructions*, Timothy Shopen (ed.), 237-300. Cambridge:
>> Cambridge University Press.
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> Adam J.R. Tallman
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> PhD, UT Austin
>

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Adam J.R. Tallman
Investigador del Museo de Etnografía y Folklore, la Paz
PhD, UT Austin
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