[Lingtyp] Indexes fossilizing

[Christoph Holz]

Dear Jürgen,



The transitive verb *lomon* ‘to think’ in Tiang (Oceanic, Papua New Guinea)
ends in a fossilised third-person singular possessor enclitic *=n*. The
verb derives from the inalienably possessed noun *lomo* ‘mind, thought,
pulse’. As far as I know, *lomon* is the only verb in Tiang with remnants
of person marking.



(A fossilised third-person singular possessor enclitic *=n* is also present
in the adjective *rokon* ‘good’.)



Best wishes,

Christoph

On Fri, 1 Dec 2023 at 08:19, Juergen Bohnemeyer <jb77 at buffalo.edu> wrote:

> Dear all – I’m passing along the following query from one of my advisees,
> Jose Antonio Jodar Sánchez:
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> “I have been looking for references which talk about pronominal affixes on
> verbs which have become fossilized and are now part of the verb root. I
> checked Anna Siewierska’s book on person but I could not find anything. Do
> you know of any?”
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> Presumably, what Jose Antonio’s is looking for is above all citable
> treatments. However, if the phenomenon hasn’t been dealt with exhaustively
> (which it may not), I’m sure examples will be helpful as well.
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> Thanks! – Juergen
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