[Lingtyp] Zero verb root in Papuan languages

[Pun Ho Lui]

Dear All,

Thank you for all the contribution. 
It seems that some zero roots are synchronically zero but not diachronically zero.
Another example would be u-‘go’ in Yagaria. In present tense, there is a vowel assimilation between the ‘go’ and the  1sg/du/pl or 3sg marking.



Warmest,
Joe

> Pun Ho Lui <luiph001 at gmail.com> 於 2024年2月24日 下午2:06 寫道：
> 
> Dear All,
> 
> Recently I am interested in the “zero verb root” in Papuan languages, that is, the meaning of the verb(s) are indicated by a root that has no phonological expression (Comrie and Zamponi 2019), as in (1).
> 
> (1) Selepet (McElhanon 1973)
> Ø-nek-sap
> see-1sGO-3SGS.IMMPST 
> 'He saw me’
> 
> The Papuan languages (potentially) with zero verb root I have collected so far are: Abau, Abun, Coastal Marine, Edolo, Kalamang, Main, Nimboran, Amele, Yeri, Yima, Whitehead, Awe,Siroi, Gahuku, Bukiyip, Anêm, Kâte and Selepe.
> 
> I am wondering do you know of other Papuan languages with this feature.
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> Warmest,
> Pun Ho Lui Joe
> 
> References: 
> Bernard Comrie and Raoul Zamponi. 2019. Verb Root Ellipsis. In Matthew Baerman, Oliver Bond, Andrew Hippisley (eds.): Morphological perspectives: Papers in honour of Greville G. Corbett, 233–280. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
> 
> McElhanon, Kenneth A. 1972. Selepet Grammar. Part 1: From Root to Phrase. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
> 

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