[Lingtyp] Demonstratives to mean deviation from social norm

[Adam James Ross Tallman]

Hi all,

In Chacobo there seems to be a demonstrative that means "do something) that
deviates from socially normal expectations". This is a pretty preliminary
description, so I'm open to other ideas and reconceptualizations. I call it
'more distal', as an adnominal marker, it doesn't tend to have this meaning.



adnominal

adverbial

verb

proximate

*naa*

*nɨa*

*nɨka*

distal

*toa*

*toa*

*toka*

more distal

*oa*

*oa~oka*

*oka*

At base the morpheme seems to mean "out of vision", but not always.

I was wondering whether anyone had written about something similar in
another language? Let me know.

best,

Adam
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Adam J.R. Tallman
CNRS, Sedyl
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