[Lingtyp] REQUEST

[Dan I Slobin]

You can add Turkish to your list. The main verb can be echoed in replying
to yes/no questions.

Question: Lisa Fransizca biliyor mu?
               Lisa French     knows y/nQ

Answer: Biliyor.
             knows   (=yes, she does)



On Tue, Dec 12, 2023 at 3:52 AM Hongmei Fang <hongmei.fang01 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Please distribute the following message. Thanks!
>
>
> Dear all,
>
> I am investigating echo answers, i.e. answers that repeat a fragment part
> of the polar question that they are responding to. In the following example
> from Finnish the verb from the question is repeated to mean 'yes'.
>
> Question: *Osaa-ko Liisa  puhua   ranskaa?*
>                  Can-Q   Liisa  speak    French
>                  ‘Can Liisa speak French?’
> Answer:     *Osaa*
>                   can
>                   ‘Yes.’
>
> I am looking for specialists and/or native speakers of languages
> exhibiting this phenomenon who are willing to provide information.
>
> I have collected data on some languages such as Finnish, Russian, Korean,
> Chinese, Portuguese, Thai, etc. I am expecting more.
>
> Examples of other languages which have been reported to have echo answers
> are:
> Aguaruna, Atong, Bandial, Bunaq, Chaha, Chickasaw, Chol, Evenki, Garifuna,
> Georgian, Gwa, Harari, Hindi, Hixkaryana, Hup, Imbabura Quechua, Kannada,
> Kobon, Latin, Malayalam, Marathi, Mauwake, Mualang, Rapanui, Semelai,
> Tamil, Tigrinya, Vietnamese, West Greenlandic, Wai Wai, Wari, Yeli Dnye,
> Yuyuca.
>
> But if your language is not in this list but does exhibit echo answers, I
> would be equally interested.
>
> Thanking you in advance for your reactions, which you can send to the
> email address below:
> h.m.fang at uva.nl
>
> Best regards,
> Hongmei Fang
>
>
>
>
>
> *Postdoctoral researcherUniversity of AmsterdamSpuistraat 210, 1012
> VBAmsterdam, The Netherlands*
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