[Lingtyp] Additional functions of connectives (Eline Visser)

Mon Mar 15 08:04:43 UTC 2021

Hi Jesús,

Bastian's comments reminded me of Kalamang mena and Indonesian/Papuan Malay nanti. They both mean 'later', but are also used in precautionary constructions. For Kalamang, I describe this under apprehensives in chapter 14.3 of my grammar (https://portal.research.lu.se/portal/en/publications/a-grammar-of-kalamang(0773ce4b-7791-4667-8dae-ca598532ba89).html). For Indonesian, see Sneddon et al. 2012: 352.

Yvonne Treis, Marine Vuillermet and Eva Schultze-Berdnt, among others, have written about apprehensives and might have articles that interest you.

Eline

Sneddon, James Neil, Karl Alexander Adelaar, Dwi N Djenar & Michael
Ewing. 2012. Indonesian: a comprehensive grammar. London/New York:
Routledge.

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> Hi Jesús,
>
> The Ainu language uses several temporal conjunctions (combined with
> basic verbs) as aspectual markers (cf. Kirsten Refsing 1986, section
> 14.9 and Suzuko Tamura 2000, chapter 4), functioning like auxiliary
> verbs in English.
>
> Most forms are related to "wa"/"híne". "wa" is mainly a coordinator
> ("and") but sometimes used as a subordinator denoting temporal
> successive relations (A wa B = "A, and then B" or "After A, then B").
> On the other hand, the use of "híne" is strictly limited to a temporal
> successive subordinator. Both words are interchangeably used for
> aspectual constructions ("híne" tends to be used in formal and poetic
> contexts). Though less flexible, some other temporal or non-temporal
> conjunctions (such as "while" and "because") have similar
> constructions.
>
> Several examples of "wa"/"híne" as aspectual markers
>
> 1.  Perfect (or imperfective, according to Refsing): Pon katketmat ek
>     wa an. (The young lady comes and-then she-exists. = The young lady has
>     come.)
>
> 2.  Perfective: Cep ku=e wa isam. (Fish I-eat and-then it-unexists. = I
>     ate up the fish.)
>
> 3.  Completed: e wa okere (You-eat and-then you-finish. = Finish to eat!)
> 4.  Exaggeration(?): poro wa okere (It-is-big and-then it-finishes. =
>     It's enormous.)
>
> 5.  Gnomic: Pánanpe an, Pénanpe an, híne sír-an (Pánanpe exists,
>     Pénanpe exists, and-then the-world-exists. = As famous legends say,
>     once upon a time, there were two men called Pánanpe and Pénanpe.)
>
>     As Bernard Comrie (1976) says, using temporal prepositions (combined
>     with basic verbs) as aspectual markers is commonly found in Celtic
>     languages. For example, in Irish, "I-am after coming in" means "I have
>     just come in" (Comrie 1976, p. 106). An interesting property
>     (vis-à-vis Celtic) is that because these Ainu words are not
>     prepositions but conjunctions, the subjects of two clauses need not be
>     formally the same. For instance,
>     A=saha an híne oka=an. (My-old-sister exists and-then I-exist. = I
>     have been living with my old sister.)
>
>     Since Comrie (1976) does not mention any languages that use temporal
>     clause-linkers as aspectual markers, I'd be glad to know if there are
>     such languages other than Ainu.
>
>     Best,
>     Hajime
>
>
> Hajime Senuma
> PhD student in Computational Linguistics,
> Aizawa Lab, University of Tokyo & National Institute of Informatics, Japan
>
> On Sun, Mar 14, 2021 at 3:40 AM Jesus Francisco Olguin Martinez
> olguinmartinez at ucsb.edu wrote:
>
> > Dear all,
> > As you know, adverbial clause-linking devices (e.g. ‘when’, ‘after’, ‘until’) are primarily used to establish a semantic relation between two or more situations. However, adverbial clause-linking devices may bear additional functions beside the specific relation they encode (e.g. they may function as switch-reference markers, information structure markers, etc.). To the best of my knowledge, Mauri & Giacalone Ramat (2015) and Mauri (2016) have explored the range of additional functions of devices expressing ‘or’. However, the additional functions of adverbial clause-linking devices are unexplored territory. In the languages of my sample, I have noticed that temporal adverbial clause-linking devices may bear additional functions beside the specific relation they encode. A case in point comes from ‘and then’ devices. They may function as pause-fillers, they may indicate same-subject and different-subject, they may indicate a change of scene, they may express whether a situation is expected or unexpected, and they may express different amounts of time between situations, among others.
> > I was wondering if you are aware of any research that has explored the additional function of temporal adverbial clause-linking devices. I was also wondering if you are aware of any languages in which devices expressing when-relations, while-relations, before-relations, after-relations, and until-relations have developed additional functions beside the specific relation they encode.
> > 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
> > Mauri, Caterina. 2016. Connectives beyond connecting: converging evidence in the analysis of disjunction. Paper presented at the 2nd Usage-Based Linguistics Conference, Tel Aviv University .
> > Mauri, Caterina & Anna Giacalone Ramat. 2015. Piuttosto che: dalla preferenza all’esemplificazione di alternative. Cuadernos de Filología Italiana 20: 49-72.
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> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2021 18:41:55 +0100
> From: Bastian Persohn persohn.linguistics at gmail.com
> To: Jesus Francisco Olguin Martinez olguinmartinez at ucsb.edu
> Cc: lingtyp at listserv.linguistlist.org
> Subject: Re: [Lingtyp] Additional functions of connectives
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> Dear Jesús,
>
> I don’t know if this is 100% what you are looking for, but the German adverb/connective nachher ʼ later, afterwards‘ and its Dutch near-equivalent straks ’shortly, soon’ have apprehensional-epistemic functions, i.e. they can be used to express that a situation constitutes an undesirable possibility.
>
> (1) German
> Nachher geht das schief und dann stehen wir dumm da.
> ater goes that wrong and then stand we stupid there
>
> ʻThat could go wrong and weʼd end up looking stupid.ʼ
> (personal knowledge)
>
> (2) Dutch
> Straks is de winkel gesloten.
> shortl is the shop closed
>
> ʻThe shop might be closed.ʼ (I am afraid it might be closed)
> (Boogart 2020:187)
>
> The relevant references:
> Boogaart. Ronny. 2020. Expressives in argumentation: The case of apprehensive ‘straks’ (‘shortly’) in Dutch. In Frans H. van Eemeren & Bart Garssen (Hrsgb.), From Argument Schemes to Argumentative Relations in the Wild. A Variety of Contributions to Argumentation Theory. 185–204. Cham: Springer.
>
> Angelo, Denise & Eva Schultze-Berndt. 2018. Syntactically independent but pragmatically dependent: precautioning temporal markers. Paper presented at the 8th Syntax of the World's Languages Conference. (https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/files/86929275/Schultze_Berndt_Angelo_temporal_apprehensives.pdf https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/files/86929275/Schultze_Berndt_Angelo_temporal_apprehensives.pdf)
>
> Best,
>
> Bastian
>
> > Am 14.03.2021 um 17:05 schrieb Hajime Senuma hajime.senuma at gmail.com:
> > Hi Jesús,
> > The Ainu language uses several temporal conjunctions (combined with
> > basic verbs) as aspectual markers (cf. Kirsten Refsing 1986, section
> > 14.9 and Suzuko Tamura 2000, chapter 4), functioning like auxiliary
> > verbs in English.
> > Most forms are related to "wa"/"híne". "wa" is mainly a coordinator
> > ("and") but sometimes used as a subordinator denoting temporal
> > successive relations (A wa B = "A, and then B" or "After A, then B").
> > On the other hand, the use of "híne" is strictly limited to a temporal
> > successive subordinator. Both words are interchangeably used for
> > aspectual constructions ("híne" tends to be used in formal and poetic
> > contexts). Though less flexible, some other temporal or non-temporal
> > conjunctions (such as "while" and "because") have similar
> > constructions.
> > Several examples of "wa"/"híne" as aspectual markers
> >
> > 1.  Perfect (or imperfective, according to Refsing): Pon katketmat ek
> >     wa an. (The young lady comes and-then she-exists. = The young lady has
> >     come.)
> >
> > 2.  Perfective: Cep ku=e wa isam. (Fish I-eat and-then it-unexists. = I
> >     ate up the fish.)
> >
> > 3.  Completed: e wa okere (You-eat and-then you-finish. = Finish to eat!)
> > 4.  Exaggeration(?): poro wa okere (It-is-big and-then it-finishes. =
> >     It's enormous.)
> >
> > 5.  Gnomic: Pánanpe an, Pénanpe an, híne sír-an (Pánanpe exists,
> >     Pénanpe exists, and-then the-world-exists. = As famous legends say,
> >     once upon a time, there were two men called Pánanpe and Pénanpe.)
> >
> >
> > As Bernard Comrie (1976) says, using temporal prepositions (combined
> > with basic verbs) as aspectual markers is commonly found in Celtic
> > languages. For example, in Irish, "I-am after coming in" means "I have
> > just come in" (Comrie 1976, p. 106). An interesting property
> > (vis-à-vis Celtic) is that because these Ainu words are not
> > prepositions but conjunctions, the subjects of two clauses need not be
> > formally the same. For instance,
> > A=saha an híne oka=an. (My-old-sister exists and-then I-exist. = I
> > have been living with my old sister.)
> > Since Comrie (1976) does not mention any languages that use temporal
> > clause-linkers as aspectual markers, I'd be glad to know if there are
> > such languages other than Ainu.
> > Best,
> > Hajime
> >
> > Hajime Senuma
> > PhD student in Computational Linguistics,
> > Aizawa Lab, University of Tokyo & National Institute of Informatics, Japan
> > On Sun, Mar 14, 2021 at 3:40 AM Jesus Francisco Olguin Martinez
> > olguinmartinez at ucsb.edu wrote:
> >
> > > Dear all,
> > > As you know, adverbial clause-linking devices (e.g. ‘when’, ‘after’, ‘until’) are primarily used to establish a semantic relation between two or more situations. However, adverbial clause-linking devices may bear additional functions beside the specific relation they encode (e.g. they may function as switch-reference markers, information structure markers, etc.). To the best of my knowledge, Mauri & Giacalone Ramat (2015) and Mauri (2016) have explored the range of additional functions of devices expressing ‘or’. However, the additional functions of adverbial clause-linking devices are unexplored territory. In the languages of my sample, I have noticed that temporal adverbial clause-linking devices may bear additional functions beside the specific relation they encode. A case in point comes from ‘and then’ devices. They may function as pause-fillers, they may indicate same-subject and different-subject, they may indicate a change of scene, they may express whether a situation is expected or unexpected, and they may express different amounts of time between situations, among others.
> > > I was wondering if you are aware of any research that has explored the additional function of temporal adverbial clause-linking devices. I was also wondering if you are aware of any languages in which devices expressing when-relations, while-relations, before-relations, after-relations, and until-relations have developed additional functions beside the specific relation they encode.
> > > 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
> > > Mauri, Caterina. 2016. Connectives beyond connecting: converging evidence in the analysis of disjunction. Paper presented at the 2nd Usage-Based Linguistics Conference, Tel Aviv University .
> > > Mauri, Caterina & Anna Giacalone Ramat. 2015. Piuttosto che: dalla preferenza all’esemplificazione di alternative. Cuadernos de Filología Italiana 20: 49-72.
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> Dear Jesús — You are presumably aware of this, but since you didn’t mention it (possibly because it doesn’t concern adverbial clauses, but pragmatically overlapping alternative construction types): in the literature on switch reference and clause chaining, it has been noted that there is a nexus between same-subject marking and perfectivity/sequential ordering and between different-subject marking and imperfectivity/temporal overlap. One classic (yet to my knowledge never published) read on these patterns is the following working paper by Müller-Bardey (1988):
>
> http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/25161
>
> (There’s a link to a PDF in the top right corner.)
>
> There must be newer literature on this phenomenon that I’m not aware of.
>
> Best — Juergen
>
> > On Mar 13, 2021, at 1:39 PM, Jesus Francisco Olguin Martinez olguinmartinez at ucsb.edu wrote:
> > Dear all,
> > As you know, adverbial clause-linking devices (e.g. ‘when’, ‘after’, ‘until’) are primarily used to establish a semantic relation between two or more situations. However, adverbial clause-linking devices may bear additional functions beside the specific relation they encode (e.g. they may function as switch-reference markers, information structure markers, etc.). To the best of my knowledge, Mauri & Giacalone Ramat (2015) and Mauri (2016) have explored the range of additional functions of devices expressing ‘or’. However, the additional functions of adverbial clause-linking devices are unexplored territory. In the languages of my sample, I have noticed that temporal adverbial clause-linking devices may bear additional functions beside the specific relation they encode. A case in point comes from ‘and then’ devices. They may function as pause-fillers, they may indicate same-subject and different-subject, they may indicate a change of scene, they may express whether a situation is expected or unexpected, and they may express different amounts of time between situations, among others.
> > I was wondering if you are aware of any research that has explored the additional function of temporal adverbial clause-linking devices. I was also wondering if you are aware of any languages in which devices expressing when-relations, while-relations, before-relations, after-relations, and until-relations have developed additional functions beside the specific relation they encode.
> > 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
> > Mauri, Caterina. 2016. Connectives beyond connecting: converging evidence in the analysis of disjunction. Paper presented at the 2nd Usage-Based Linguistics Conference, Tel Aviv University .
> > Mauri, Caterina & Anna Giacalone Ramat. 2015. Piuttosto che: dalla preferenza all’esemplificazione di alternative. Cuadernos de Filología Italiana 20: 49-72.
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