[Lingtyp] Plural markers on (already) plural pronouns

[Françoise Rose]

Dear Ponrawee, dear all,

This phenomenon is common in the two Amazonian languages I am working on.

In Teko (a.k.a Emerillon, Tupi, French Guiana), all three plural pronouns (1exl, 1incl, 2pl) can take the plural suffix –kom. This is illustrated and discussed in my grammar:
Rose, F. (2011). Grammaire de l’émérillon teko, une langue tupi-guarani de Guyane française (Louvain: Peeters).
See p. 112 & 113, ex 256 & 265, and p. 127-128.

In Mojeño Trinitario (Arawak, Bolivia), demonstratives consist of a demonstrative prefix p-, a pronominal formative, and a distance/epistemic suffix. The demonstratives that are based on a human.plural or non-human plural formative can take the plural suffix –ono too. Also, nouns can take two plural suffixes in a row, meaning “all types of”: ‘chañ-on-ono (from ‘chane ‘person’ with plural suffix –ono) ‘all types of people’.

Please let me know if you want me to send you the grammar or examples.

Best,
Françoise



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Objet : [Lingtyp] Plural markers on (already) plural pronouns

Dear all,

I have been looking at a number of Tai languages and found that in some of these languages, plural pronouns can optionally take a plural marker normally used on common nouns. For instance, in Shan (Southwestern Tai), the third person plural pronoun khau can optionally take the plural marker cɯ(nai), viz. khau cɯ(nai)--at least according to Cushing 1871.

Assuming this analysis is correct (if it's not please kindly inform me), I'm wondering how rare this is for pronouns? A quick lookup revealed that a similar phenomenon called "double plural marking" is found in some languages, but seems to be restricted to common nouns only. Does anyone know of any other instances like this for pronouns in other languages?

Sources: Cushing, Josiah Nelson. Grammar of the Shan Language. Rangoon: American Mission Press, 1871.

Best regards,

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Ponrawee Prasertsom

Graduate Student
Department of Linguistics
Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University
Bangkok, Thailand
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