[Lingtyp] Correlative constructions and temporal adverbial clauses

[Jesus Francisco Olguin Martinez]

Dear all,



As you know, many languages around the world connect clauses together into
complex sentences by means of correlatives (Masica 1991: 415; Lipták 2009),
as in (1). In particular, languages may use correlative constructions to
encode various types of temporal adverbial clauses (Bhatt & Lipták 2009).



Kharia (Austro-Asiatic/Munda)

(1)

*Modi=yaɁ       *

*caʈ*

*mãgni*,



Modi=gen

as_soon_as

water.ceremony

‘No sooner had Modi’s water ceremony taken place,



*paʈ*

*biha*

*hoy=ki*.

as_soon_as

marry

become=mid.pst

than the wedding took place.’ (Peterson 2011: 392)



The following are some of the types of correlative constructions attested
in my sample:



1. First clause occurs with an adverb(ial) meaning ‘first’. Second clause
appears with an adverb(ial) meaning ‘(and) then’ or ‘afterwards’ (e.g.
'first....and then') (This is pervasive in Australian languages).

2. First clause occurs with a quantifier meaning ‘all’. Second clause
appears with another quantifier meaning ‘all’ (e.g. 'all....all') (various
Mesoamerican languages not genetically related have this pattern to express
‘as soon as’).

3. First clause occurs with a temporal noun meaning ‘time’. Second clause
appears with a coordinating device ‘and’ (e.g. 'the time.....and') (various
Austronesian languages have this pattern to express ‘when’). This is known
in the literature as para-hypotaxis (Bertinetto and Ciucci 2012; Ross et
al. 2018).

4. First clause occurs with a free adverbial conjunction meaning ‘when’.
Second clause appears with a coordinating device ‘and’ (e.g.
'when....and') (various
Mesoamerican languages not genetically related have this pattern, but it is
mostly found in Mixtec languages). This is also para-hypotaxis.

5. First clause occurs with an adverb(ial) meaning ‘not yet’. Second clause
appears with an adverb(ial) meaning ‘already’ (e.g. 'not yet....already').

6. First clause occurs with a verb meaning ‘to finish’. Second clause
appears with a verb meaning ‘to finish’ (e.g. ‘finish X…finish Y’).

7. First clause occurs with a demonstrative. Second clause appears with
another demonstrative (e.g. ‘that….that’). This is mostly found in the
expression of ‘when’.

8. First clause occurs with an adverb(ial) meaning ‘only’. Second clause
appears with adverb(ial) meaning ‘(and) then’ (e.g. 'only....and then').



Are you aware of any languages that encode temporal adverbial clauses by
any of the correlative patterns shown above? Any readings that have
addressed this phenomenon?



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

References
Bertinetto, Pier Marco and Luca Ciucci. 2012. Parataxis, hypotaxis and
para-hypotaxis in the Zamucoan languages. *Linguistic Discovery *10: 89-111.

Bhatt, Rajesh and Anikó Lipták. 2009. Matching effects in the temporal and
locative domains. In Anikó Lipták, (ed.), *Correlatives
cross-linguistically*. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.

Lipták, Anikó. 2009. The landscape of correlatives. In Anikó Lipták
(ed.), *Correlatives
cross-linguistically*. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.

Masica, Colin P. 1991. *The Indo-Aryan Languages*. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press.

Peterson, John. 2011. *A grammar of Kharia: A South Munda language*.
Leiden: Brill.

Ross, Daniel, Jesús Olguín Martínez, and Luca Ciucci. 2018. Para-hypotaxis
in the world’s languages: A cross-linguistic survey. Unpublished ms.
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