[Lingtyp] Question-answer coordination

[David Erschler]

Dear Christian,

I doubt there is any relation with pseudo-clefts. The pseudo-cleft
construction will involve an overtly marked relative pronoun and no
co-ordination.

ra-ʦ             viq'ide           is/eg       p'uri-a
what-REL     I.bought       DEICT    bread-COP
'What I bought is bread'

Best,
David

On Thu, Sep 19, 2024 at 5:12 PM Christian Lehmann via Lingtyp <
lingtyp at listserv.linguistlist.org> wrote:

> 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 ?
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 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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