One more request

[Mary C Marino]

Linda -

Shouldn't your example read:  HaNpa zhecha, taku nuha he?  for "What 
kind of shoes do *you* have?" ?

Mary



Cumberland, Linda A wrote:
> Brian,
>
> Assiniboine would use zhecha for the kind of sentence you describe:
>
> haNpa zhecha       lit. 'shoe(s), that kind'
> wowapi zhecha           'book(s), that kind'
> xuxnaxyapi zhecha       'coffee(s) that kind'
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> e.g., HaNpa zhecha, taku mnuha he? 'wWat kind of shoes do you have?'
>
> Answer would be, e.g., 'quilled and beaded'; 'soft-soled and "wooden" 
> soled'
>
> I'm not sure how one would say the other type of sentence, the one 
> that is answered with specific brand names -- it might be the same as 
> your "subkind" reference.
>
> Linda
>
> Quoting Bryan James Gordon <linguista at gmail.com>:
>
>> One more thing (and this one does not need audio):
>> Does anyone have any examples, in whatever language, of what is called
>> "subkind" reference?
>>
>> This means using a noun to refer to particular different sorts of things
>> that that noun refers to. In English such nouns are always plural. 
>> Here's
>> some English examples:
>>
>> SHOES
>> A: What shoes do you have? B: High-top, low-top, loafers...
>> MAGAZINES
>> A: What magazines do you have? B: Leisure, sports, news...
>> COFFEES
>> A: What coffees do you have? B: French roast, decaf, light roast...
>>
>> Here are some things that are NOT subkinds:
>> A: What coffees do you have? B: Small cups, large cups, medium cups...
>> A: What magazines do you have? B: Esquire, NASCAR, Newsweek...
>> A: What shoes do you have? B: These here, this pair, and the discount 
>> rack.
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> ***********************************************************
>> Bryan James Gordon, MA
>> Joint PhD Program in Linguistics and Anthropology
>> University of Arizona
>> ***********************************************************
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