LL-L "Idiomatica" 2008.04.14 (07) [E]

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From: Mike Morgan <mwmosaka at gmail.com>
Subject: LL-L "Idiomatica" 2008.04.13 (03) [E]

Indic languages geenrally use the "confirming" system:
>
> He didn't go home (did he)?
> Yes, he didn't go home
> No, he went home.
>

Okay, generally speaking, it is a bad idea to generalize.

Seems that Bengali uses English-style answers to negative questions. Maybe
as yet another proof of their resistance to all things Hindi and a tendency
towards Anglophilia.

Or maybe it is a NE to SW continuum; Marathi (in the SW) definitely goes
with the confirming (opposite-to-English) system.

MWM || マイク || Мика || माईक || માઈક || ਮਾਈਕ
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Dr Michael W Morgan
Managing Director
Ishara Foundation
Mumbai (Bombay), India
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माईकल मोर्गन (पी.एच.डी.)
मेनेजिंग डॉयरेक्टर
ईशारा फॉउंडेशन (मुंबई )
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茂流岸マイク(言語学博士)
イシャラ基金の専務理事・事務局長
ムンバイ(ボンベイ)、インド
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