[Lingtyp] Remind-Me particles across languages

[Marcel Erdal]

Dear Jeanne,
Turkish, like Bosnian-Serbocroation, uses the past tense particle *idi* in
this function, which comes from the 3rd person past tense form of the verb
'to be'.
Marcel Erdal

Am Mo., 31. März 2025 um 13:11 Uhr schrieb Pier Marco Bertinetto via
Lingtyp <lingtyp at listserv.linguistlist.org>:

> Dear Jeanne Lecavelier,
> the attached paper seems to be relevant to your inquiry. It also refers to
> previous literature.
> It is about non-canonical uses of Italian *già* 'already'.
> Best
> Pier Marco
>
>
> Il giorno lun 31 mar 2025 alle ore 12:01 Jeanne Lecavelier des
> Etangs-Levallois via Lingtyp <lingtyp at listserv.linguistlist.org> ha
> scritto:
>
>> 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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