[Lingtyp] Numeral 'one' and 'as soon as'

[John Du Bois]

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John W. Du Bois
Professor of Linguistics
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, California 93106
USA
dubois at ucsb.edu

On Thu, Apr 1, 2021, 6:38 AM Jesus Francisco Olguin Martinez <
olguinmartinez at ucsb.edu> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I hope this message finds you well.
>
> As I was consulting various sources, it seems that the numeral 'one' in
> the expression of 'as soon as' is not common cross-linguistically.
>
> In my sample, this is attested in Standard Mandarin (i.e. *yī), *Xong
> (Hmong-Mien), and Iu Mien (Hmong-Mien). Are you aware of any other
> languages that express 'as soon as' in a similar way?
>
> Thank you very much in advance.
>
> Best,
>
> --
> Jesús Olguín Martínez
> Ph.D. Candidate, Dept. of Linguistics
> *University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)*
> http://www.linguistics.ucsb.edu/people/jesús-olguín-martínez
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