[Lingtyp] Remind-Me particles across languages

[Bastian Persohn]

Dear Ian,

German has noch (lit. ’still’) and noch (ein)mal ‚again, lit. another time < still one time‘. 

Swedish uses igen (likely a cognate of English again) in a similar function. 

For references and more discussion of the German cases, please see p. 294–295 of my open acess monograph on ’still’:


https://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/439

Hope this helps!

Best,
Bastian

> Am 31.03.2025 um 12:12 schrieb JOO Ian via Lingtyp <lingtyp at listserv.linguistlist.org>:
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> Dear Jeanne,
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> In the Wiktionary page of "again", see "Translations" > "used in a question to ask something one has forgotten".
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> https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/again
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> Regards,
> Ian
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>> 2025/03/31 18:01, Jeanne Lecavelier des Etangs-Levallois via Lingtyp <lingtyp at listserv.linguistlist.org> 작성:
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>> 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".
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>> 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)".
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>> 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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