[Lingtyp] REQUEST
Juergen Bohnemeyer
jb77 at buffalo.edu
Wed Dec 13 08:56:28 UTC 2023
Dear all – Yucatec has several strategies for affirmative answers to polar questions. The following example illustrates the three strategies I encounter regularly:
(1) [A has described a photo for B, who is supposed to pick the matching photo out of a set of 12]
T-a=kax-t-ah le=fòoto=o’?
PRV-A2=search/find-APP-CMP(B3SG) DEF=photo=D2
‘Did you find the photo?’
1. T-in=kax-t-ah!
PRV-A1SG-search/find-APP-CMP(B3SG)
‘I have!’ (lit. I found it)
1. Bèey=o’!
SIMIL(B3SG)=D2
‘Yep!’ (lit. It is so)
1. Hàah!
true(B3SG)
‘Uhuh!’ (lit. It’s the truth)
Without having actually checked the numbers, my impression is that (a) is by far the most frequent strategy in this particular context. The other two strategies may however each have types of contexts in which they are the default choice – IDK.
The strategy in (1a) involves repetition of the focus constituent, but with adjustment of deictic perspective. This is already illustrated in (1a). (2), an example from a text recorded by Christian Lehmann (which I’m however quoting here from memory), features a cleft with a pronoun in focus:
(2) Tèech=wáah le=k-a=k’àay=a’, mùuch? – Tèen!
you(B3SG)=ALT DEF=IMPF-A2=sing=D2 frog me(B3SG)
‘Is it you who is singing here, frog?’ – ‘It’s me!’
HTH! – Juergen
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From: Lingtyp <lingtyp-bounces at listserv.linguistlist.org> on behalf of Ilana Mushin <i.mushin at uq.edu.au>
Date: Wednesday, December 13, 2023 at 08:45
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Subject: Re: [Lingtyp] REQUEST
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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Date: Wednesday, 13 December 2023 at 5:08 pm
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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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> *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)
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> 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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