The typology of demonstratives clarified: Verbal demonstratives in Juǀ'hoan

35 Pages·2013·3.32 MB·English

by  Florian Lionnet

The typology of demonstratives
clarified:
Verbal demonstratives in Juǀ’hoan
Florian Lionnet

UC Berkeley

ALT 10, Leipzig, 15-18 August 2013
Introduction
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Introduction
This presentation shows:

1) that exophoric demonstratives can be
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encoded as verbs,
◦  Evidence from Juǀ’hoan (Ju, aka Northern
Khoisan)
2) that, despite being rare, such verbal
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demonstratives are typologically expected
3) where such verbal demonstratives belong
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in an updated typology of demonstratives
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Introduction
Exophoric demonstratives:
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◦  discourse-external reference, i.e. the word(s)
used to translate ‘this/that book’ etc.
◦  à not discourse internal (endo-/ana-/
cataphoric), manner deixis ‘thus’ etc.
Juǀ’hoan
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◦  Southeastern dialect of Ju (Kx’a), Namibia/
Botswana
◦  (Demonstratives in other Ju lects have different
properties)
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Introduction
Recent typological literature
1. 
Verbal demonstratives in Juǀ’hoan
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An unusual but typologically expected
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category
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1. Recent typologies of
demonstrative
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1. Recent typologies of demonstratives
Diessel (1999)
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Dixon (2003)
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1. Recent typologies of demonstratives
Diessel’s (1999) typology of demonstratives:
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Distribution Canonical Category
Pronominal demonstrative
Demonstrative pronoun
(argument in a clause)
Adnominal demonstrative
Demonstrative determiner
(noun-modifier in an NP)
Adverbial demonstrative Demonstrative adverb
(verb-modifier in a clause) (locative adverbs here, there etc.)
Identificational demonstrative
Demonstrative “identifier”
(dem. in a copular or non-verbal clause)
e.g. ‘This is your book’ e.g. C’est ton livre.

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1. Recent typologies of demonstratives
Diessel’s (1999) typology of demonstratives:
— 
Distribution Canonical Category
Pronominal demonstrative
Demonstrative pronoun
(argument in a clause)
Adnominal demonstrative
Demonstrative determiner
(noun-modifier in an NP)
Adverbial demonstrative Demonstrative adverb
(verb-modifier in a clause) (locative adverbs here, there etc.)
Identificational demonstrative
Demonstrative “identifier”
(dem. in a copular or non-verbal clause)
< “predicative demonstrative”
(Diessel 1997a,b)
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1. Recent typologies of demonstratives
Diessel’s (1999) typology of demonstratives:
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Distribution Canonical Category
Pronominal demonstrative Demonstrative pronoun
(argument in a clause)
Adnominal demonstrative Demonstrative determiner
(noun-modifier in an NP)
Adverbial demonstrative Demonstrative adverb
(verb-modifier in a clause) (locative adverbs here, there etc.)
Identificational demonstrative Demonstrative “identifier”
(dem. in a copular or non-verbal clause)
NB: demonstrative identifiers are NOT verbs
à There are no verbal demonstratives in Diessel’s typology
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