[Lingtyp] Question-answer coordination

[Christian Lehmann]

Dear David,

for additional clarification: What is the paradigmatic relation between 
the construction shown and a pseudo-cleft construction of the type 'What 
I bought is bread'; how would the latter translate ?
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Am 19.09.24 um 14:23 schrieb David Erschler via Lingtyp:
> Dear all,
>
> I am wondering whether anyone has encountered any typological 
> counterparts of the following construction in Colloquial Georgian.
>
> An answer to a wh-question can consist of a repetition of the question 
> (or of the wh-phrase from it) and the actual answer.
> Schematically
> Q: What did you buy?
> A: [What / What did I buy] and [some bread]
> Actual example
> Q: ra               iq'ide                          A: [ra (viq'ide)]  
>                        da [p'uri]
>      what.NOM buy.AOR.2SG               what.NOM buy.AOR.1SG  &  
>  bread.NOM
>     'What did you buy?'                         'Bread' lit. 'What did 
> I buy and bread'.
>
> Many thanks,
> Best,
> David
>
>
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