[Lingtyp] REQUEST
Ilana Mushin
i.mushin at uq.edu.au
Wed Dec 13 07:45:06 UTC 2023
It may not necessarily be a verb that is repeated. Garrwa also has ‘yes’ and ‘no’ responses in the repertoire of responses to polar questions.
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From: Lingtyp <lingtyp-bounces at listserv.linguistlist.org> on behalf of Jocelyn Aznar <contact at jocelynaznar.eu>
Date: Wednesday, 13 December 2023 at 5:08 pm
To: lingtyp at listserv.linguistlist.org <lingtyp at listserv.linguistlist.org>
Subject: Re: [Lingtyp] REQUEST
Well, I cannot imagine just echoing the verb in French for a yes/no
answer. If I were to do it, either there would be a gesture marking the
yes or no, then no problem, or it would be quite marked, and it would do
something else than answering the yes/no question.
Jocelyn
Le 13/12/2023 à 01:27, Ilana Mushin a écrit :
> 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.
>
> Ilana
>
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> Ilana Mushin FAHA
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> Professor of Linguistics
>
> Deputy Head of School
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> *I acknowledge the Jagera and Turrbal peoples on whose land I live and
> work. Their sovereignty was never ceded.*
>
> *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>
> *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
> <mailto: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 <mailto:e.nardi at unimarconi.it>
>
> Il giorno 12 dic 2023, alle ore 12:52, Hongmei Fang
> <hongmei.fang01 at gmail.com <mailto: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 <mailto:h.m.fang at uva.nl>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Hongmei Fang
>
>
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