[Lingtyp] Zero verb root in Papuan languages

[Christian Döhler]

Dear Joe,

Since you ask about Papuan languages, and since the discussion has 
already moved away from "zero root" to let's say "small phonological 
material": Komnzo spoken in the Morehead district has two stems for verb 
lexemes for expressing different aspectual distinctions. One of the two 
stems tends to be shorter, and for high frequency verbs the stem is 
often just a single consonant.

  * Döhler, Christian (2018). /A grammar of Komnzo/. Berlin: Language
    Science Press.

a few examples are:

*concept
* 	*infinitive (-si)
* 	*extended stem
* 	*restricted stem
*
GIVE
	/yarisi/
	-ri-
	-r-
DO
	n/a
	-rä-
	-r-
BUILD
	/yrsi/
	-r-
	-rsis-
SIT
	/msaksi/
	-msak-
	-m-


Best,
Christian



Am 01.03.24 um 09:55 schrieb Pun Ho Lui via Lingtyp:
> 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.
>
> 貼上的圖形-1.png
>
> 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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