[Lingtyp] Discourse functions of possessive markers

[Michael Daniel]

Dear Zahra,

I think I heard a variety of American English where "your" was used in a
very much discourse way, literally on one NP out of three or four. I cannot
describe the function properly (probably, supporting contact with the
interlocutor) and cannot place it regionally - maybe native speakers will
help.

Michael Daniel

--
Михаил Даниэль
*Я осуждаю агрессию моей страны против Украины.*
Michael Daniel
*I condemn my country's aggression in Ukraine.*


вт, 16 июл. 2024 г. в 14:53, Zahra Etebari Shekarsaraei via Lingtyp <
lingtyp at listserv.linguistlist.org>:

> Dear all,
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> I am preparing a dataset for development of discourse functions in
> possessive/personal markers cross-linguistically. I am particularly
> interested in constructions (relevant examples below) where a
> possessive/personal marker is used not to convey possession or refer to
> another item, but to denote functions such as definiteness, topicality,
> emphasis or contrast.
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> *Definiteness*
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>    1. Kútip turǵan *adamı* kelmedi.
>                                       [Karakalpak]
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> *The person* he/she has been waiting for did not come.
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> (Utepovich 2023: 80)
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> *Contrast*
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>    2. Ulizy-vylizy                kyk
>    bratjos,           *pokći-ez*                                  [Udmurt]
>
>              lived-were.3SG        two
> brothers         *younger.brother-3SG*
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>              kuaner,                      *byȝym-ez*
>                          uzyr.
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>              Poor                           *older.brother-3SG*
> rich
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>              There lived two brothers, the younger one was poor, the older
> one was rich.
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>              (Serebrennikov 1963: 133)
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> So far, I have collected cases from over 60 language varieties spanning Uralic
> (Ugric, Permic, Mari, Mordvin, Samoyed), Altaic (Turkic, Tungusic,
> Mongolic), Indo-European (Iranic), Afro-Asiatic (Semitic), and Austronesian
> (Javanese, Malay) families. If you have encountered similar uses in a
> language you work on or if you are aware of any lesser-known source on
> this topic, especially non-English sources, I would be extremely grateful
> if you could share them with me.
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> Many thanks for your time!
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> Best wishes,
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> Zahra
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> References:
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> Serebrennikov, Boris A. 1963. *Istoriceskaja Morfologija Permskix Jazykov*
> [Historical morphology of the Permic languages]. Moscow: Izdateľstvo AN
> SSSR.
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> Utepovich, Bekbergenov H. 2023. Semantic peculiarities of the possessive
> affixes in the Karakalpak language and their equivalents in English. *Journal
> of Advanced Linguistic Studies*. 10(2). 64-82.
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> Zahra Etebari
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> Postdoctoral researcher
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> Department of Linguistics and Philology
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