[Lingtyp] Literature on restrictive markers

Wed Jun 23 04:32:40 UTC 2021

Hi Bastian et al.,

As Eva suggests, there is also a manuscript out there by Patrick McConvell on this topic as it relates to Gurindji (Pama-Nyungan). I’m not sure how widely available it is, so if you’re interested in it but can’t find it, let me know and I’ll see what I can do (with permission from the author, of course).

McConvell, Patrick. (1983). “Only” and related concepts in Gurindji. Unpublished Manuscript, Batchelor.

Best wishes,
Amanda

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Hi Bastian,

This not an exhaustive list but here come some references where the polysemy between persistive and restrictive markers is discussed or illustrated. Tim van Baar (1997) offers a discussion on p. 110. Relevant examples are on p. 60 in Heine et al (1993).

  Baar, Tim van (1997): Phasal Polarity (Studies in Language and Language Use). Amsterdam: IFOTT.

Heine, Bernd, Tom Güldemann, Christa Kilian-Hatz, Donald A. Lessau, Heinz Roberg, Mathias Schladt & Thomas Stolz (1993): Conceptual Shift. A Lexicon of Grammaticalization Processes in African languages (Afrikanische Arbeitpapiere). Köln: Institut für Afrikanistik, Universität zu Köln.

There are a number of languages with a similar polysemy in our Malayo-Polynesian sample. It's a paper I recently co-authored together with Leif Asplund and Jozina van der Klok. I can send it to you if you like.

Cheers,

Ljuba

On Tue, Jun 22, 2021 at 4:10 PM Irina Nikolaeva <in3 at soas.ac.uk<mailto:in3 at soas.ac.uk>> wrote:
Dear Bastian,

The Tundra Nenets focus (or: limitative) marker is partly similar, although not quite the same, it seems. See here:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/328792306_Focus_as_a_morphosyntactic_and_morphosemantic_feature

Best,
Irina

Prof. Irina Nikolaeva, FBA, MAE

https://www.soas.ac.uk/staff/staff31522.php

On Tue, 22 Jun 2021 at 11:55, Bastian Persohn <persohn.linguistics at gmail.com<mailto:persohn.linguistics at gmail.com>> wrote:
Dear community,

I am looking for literature on restrictive (‚only, just‘) markers.

As shown in (1a–d) for Kewa (Nuclear Trans New Guinea > Enga-Kewa-Huli) pa, the type of marker I have in mind is often highly polyfunctional.

(1)
a. Pa piru aa-lua koe le sa pi
RSTR stay stand.DUR-1SG:FUT bad thing put sit:PRS:1SG
‘(If) I don’t say something (lit: just stay) I have put something valueless.’ (Yarapea 2006: 311–312)

b. Oro kóko na-re-a pare pa ogépú kegaapú pe-a
really cold NEG-emit-PRS:3SG but RSTR little hot do-PRS.3SG
‘It is not really cold but (rather) just a little bit hot.’ (Franklin 1971: 116)

c. Context: about raising pigs.
Sapi adaa-ai pa maa ne-a robo-re ora  adaa-ai popa a-ya
sweet_potato big-nom RSTR take eat-PRS:3SG when-TOP really big-NOM come stand-PRS:3SG
‘When it takes a sweet potato which is a big one and eats it (without much effort), it really becomes a big one.’ (Yarapea 2006: 286)

d. Context: Relating about clan history.
Paga Waimi-lopo-re koma-pe. Kodopea-re pa pi-a. Ee, Oge-re komi-sa-yaa.
P. W.-DU-TOP die-3DU:IMM.PST K.-TOP RSTR sit-PRS.3SG Yes, O.-TOP die-DIST.PST:3SG-EVID
‘Paga and Waimi died. Kodopea is still alive. Yes, Oge was reported to have died.’ (Yarapea 2006: 345)

I’m mostly interested in cross-linguistic work. I have a suspicion that this type of marker is very common in Papunesia and perhaps Australia,
and I am sure people much more well versed In the languages of these macro-areas have written about this.

Pointers to in-depth descriptions of individual markers will also be appreciated. The most detailed description that I am aware of is found
in Sarvasy’s (2017) grammar of Nungon (Nuclear Trans New Guinea > Finisterre-Huon), Other insightful discussions that I know of are found in
Döhler’s (2018) grammar of Komnzo (Yam) and Heath’s (1984) grammar of Wubuy (Gunwinyguan). I’m sure there are many more that I just
have not yet stumbled across.

Thank you all very much in advance!

Bastian

References
Döhler, Christian. 2018. A grammar of Komnzo. Berlin: Language Science Press.
Franklin, Karl J. 1971. A grammar of Kewa, New Guinea. Canberra: Research School of Pacific & Asian Studies, Australian National University.
Sarvasy, Hannah S. 2017. A grammar of Nungon: A Papuan language of Northeast New Guinea. Leiden: Brill.
Yarapea, Apoi Mason. 2006. Morphosyntax of Kewapi. Canberra: ANU PhD thesis.
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