[Lingtyp] REQUEST

Wed Dec 13 06:51:04 UTC 2023

Dear Fang,
Most of the Indo-Aryan and Dravidian languages have echo answers, sometimes
preceded by affirmative or negative yes/no but not necessarily.
Anvita Abbi

On Wed, Dec 13, 2023 at 6:13 AM Ian Joo <ian_joo at nucba.ac.jp> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> regarding Paul’s comment, below are the Lexibank lists of “yes” and “no”s
> in different lects:
>
> https://lexibank.clld.org/parameters/1268
> https://lexibank.clld.org/parameters/1269
>
> Regards,
> Ian
>
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> 13/12/2023 오전 9:27, Ilana Mushin <i.mushin at uq.edu.au> 작성:
>
> I agree with Paul Hopper here. I’d be surprised if there was a language
> where you COULDN’T express affirmation by repetition. There’s work in
> Conversation Analysis that suggests this. Tanya Stivers (2023) ‘The Book of
> Answers’ OUP would be a good starting point.
> I was just yesterday transcribing some Garrwa (Northern Australian,
> non-Pama-Nyungan) conversations, and came across affirmative repetition
> answers in the 5 minutes or so that I transcribed.
>
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> *From: *Lingtyp <lingtyp-bounces at listserv.linguistlist.org> on behalf of
> Peter Arkadiev <peterarkadiev at yandex.ru>
> *Date: *Wednesday, 13 December 2023 at 1:24 am
> *To: *Paul Hopper <hopper at cmu.edu>, Edoardo Nardi <e.nardi at unimarconi.it>
> *Cc: *lingtyp at listserv.linguistlist.org <lingtyp at listserv.linguistlist.org
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> *Subject: *Re: [Lingtyp] REQUEST
> Dear All,
>
> I am wondering if Anders Holmberg's 2016 book "The Syntax of Yes and No"
> (OUP) might be relevant for this discussion.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Peter
>
> 12.12.2023, 17:39, "Paul Hopper" <hopper at cmu.edu>:
>
> An alternative formulation might be: which languages have particles that
> are specialized for affirmative or negative responses such as yes and no,
> and how common is this once areal phenomena are included.
>
> Paul
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 12, 2023 at 7:17 AM Edoardo Nardi <e.nardi at unimarconi.it>
> wrote:
>
> Dear Fang,
>
> In Italian, at least in the north-eastern Tuscany varieties (i.e. Florence
> and neighboring areas), we have that kind of construction, though not
> particularly frequent and characterize by the following features:
> - pragmatically marked meaning (simple emphasis);
> - usually, specific prosody;
> - usually, repetition of the verb.
> For example:
>
> Question: *Che mangia i’ figliolo?* ‘is the child *eating*?’ (lit. ‘that
> *eats* the child?’)
> Answer: *mangia (mangia)* (lit. ‘eats, eats’) = ‘yes (indeed)’
>
> I would say that it is possible in Florentine, but only under the
> mentioned specific conditions; that is, it is not a “standard” construction.
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Edoardo Nardi, Ph.D.
> Professor of Linguistics and Ancient Greek Language
> Università degli Studi Guglielmo Marconi (Rome)
> e.nardi at unimarconi.it
>
>
> Il giorno 12 dic 2023, alle ore 12:52, Hongmei Fang <
> hongmei.fang01 at gmail.com> ha scritto:
>
> 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
>
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