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

[Jesus Francisco Olguin Martinez]

Dear all,

Sorry for not having been clearer in my previous email.

Yes, English 'once' is used in this way :)

I did not mention English and other European languages  because in Mandarin
and the other Hmong-Mien languages I mentioned before, the second clause
appears with another linker (lit. *on(c)e*........'(*and*) *then*').
Accordingly, these languages show some sort of correlative construction.
Based on the languages of the sample, this usage of 'on(c)e' in a
correlative construction is not common cross-linguistically. It seems that
Hmong-Mien languages have copied this strategy with native material from
Mandarin. This is some sort of 'pattern replication'. I was expecting to
receive more answers concerned with languages spoken in this area in
order to see if these languages have also copied this pattern from Mandarin.

Thank you in advance.

Best,

On Wed, Mar 31, 2021 at 8:37 PM 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
>


-- 
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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