[Lingtyp] Remind-Me particles across languages

[David Gil]

In colloquial varieties of Indonesian, the form *tadi*, whose primary
function is as a marker of proximal past time, can also be used in this
context.  So for example:

Siapa nama tadi
who name PST.PROX
(i) 'What was your name just before?' (but may have since changed, less
likely reading)
(ii) 'What's your name' (which you told me just before but I've since
forgotten, more likely reading)

David

On Mon, Mar 31, 2025 at 7:00 PM Jeanne Lecavelier des Etangs-Levallois via
Lingtyp <lingtyp at listserv.linguistlist.org> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
>   I am currently looking at Remind-Me particles (particles which express
> that the speaker is asking for an information they used to know but
> forgot,
> like English "again" in "What's your name again?") across languages.
> Specifically, I am interested in Remind-Me particles (i) which have
> another
> (canonical) meaning when used in other contexts, and (ii) whose
> other/canonical meaning is not "again".
>
> For instance, French Remind-Me particle is "déjà" ("already"): "Comment tu
> t'appelles toi déjà ?" (literally "What's your name already?") is
> interpreted as "What's your name again? (I forgot)".
>
> If you know of any such particle (which can have a Remind-Me use, and
> which
> does not mean "again") in your native language or the language(s) you're
> working on, please write to me :-)
>
> Many thanks for your help!
> Best,
> Jeanne Lecavelier
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David Gil

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Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
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