Dhegiha Progressive (Re: h- vs. x-aspiration in LDN)

[Kathleen Shea]

Yes, it definitely needs more investigation.  Thank-you, Carolyn, John, and
Bob, for your comments.

Kathy

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Subject: Re: Dhegiha Progressive (Re: h- vs. x-aspiration in LDN)


> Well, the progressive business plus it's use with the future, etc. are
> things that Kathy ought to be planning on covering in her dissertation,
> so please feel free to keep on feeding her questions. I certainly didn't
> get a complete picture in my Kaw elicitations back in the '70's.
>
> Bob
>
> > The perception may be sudden, but the difference seems to be that in
these
> > examples the condition of the weather is background to the person being
> > outside and perhaps noticing the weather (the thread of the discourse),
> > whereas in the others it is the main thread of the discourse.  At least
> > that's the way I interpret the contextualization that PW offers.  That
> > analysis is also typical of the opposition between imperfective and
> > perfective in discourse-based analyses of their functions.
> >
> > It would be interesting to know how to say '(In the evening) it got
> > cloudy.' (vs. 'In the evening it was cloudy.') or 'It kept clouding
> > up (and then clearing).' or 'Suddenly it was cloudy (or clouded up).'
> >
> > JEK