[Lingtyp] SAP object indexation?

[Fabio Meroni]

Hi Scott,

Many Oceanic languages do it! From memory I would suggest you to check Manam (Lichtenberk, 1983), Kokota (Palmer, 2009), Vamale (Rohleder, 2024) and Roviana (there's a sketch by Simon Corston-Oliver in the famous The Oceanic Languages by Lynch, Ross & Pawley, 2002). There are for sure others.

Good luck with your research,

Fabio






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Hi, Scott

Several Chadic languages do it (here is a selection):

Hdi (Frajzyngier with Shay 2001)

Mina (Frajzyngier, Johnston with Edwards 2005)

Zygmunt



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Several Tibeto-Burman languages have a verbal index that indicates the presence of a 1st or 2nd person Object argument, for example |-č| in these Kinnaur examples:



(1)       Ram-əs     əŋ-u     taŋ-č-e-š

      Ram-erg   self-acc see-1/2O-pst-3hon

            ‘Ram saw me.’



(2)       gə        ki-nu                taŋ-č-o                      du-k

            I           you.hon-acc  see-1/2O-prog          be-1sg

            ‘I am watching you.’



I'm sure there are other languages around the world which do this, can anyone give me some examples?



Scott DeLancey
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