[Lingtyp] Indexes fossilizing

[Guillaume Jacques]

Dear Juergen,

An example I like very much is the Greek present ἐσθίω "I eat", which is
built on the 2sg imperative *esthi < *h1d-dhi, by stacking the regular
person ending on to it (the attested 2sg imperative was remade as ἔσθιε).
Note that this form also counts as a person indexation marker, since there
are also third person (singular and plural) imperative forms in this
language.

Guillaume

Le ven. 1 déc. 2023 à 11:03, Christoph Holz <christoph.holz at cqumail.com> a
écrit :

> 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:
>>
>>
>>
>> “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?”
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks! – Juergen
>>
>>
>>
>> Juergen Bohnemeyer (He/Him)
>> Professor, Department of Linguistics
>> University at Buffalo
>>
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