Revized template with added questions, added same questions to Ñyqy

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:END: :END:
# - What is the language known as to outsiders?
# - What term do the people use to distinguish themselves from other language
# groups?
# - What is the origin of these terms (if known)?
** Recherches précédentes ** Éthnologie
:PROPERTIES: :PROPERTIES:
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:END: :END:
# - What is the dominant economic activity of the people?
# - Briefly describe the ecosystem, material culture, and cosmology (they will
# be intimately related)
** Démographie ** Démographie
:PROPERTIES: :PROPERTIES:
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:END: :END:
# - Where is the language spoken, and how are the people distributed in this
# area?
# - Are there other language groups inhabiting the same area?
# - What is the nature of the interaction with these language groups? Economic?
# Social? Friendly? Belligerent?
# - In social/economic interactions with other groups, which groups are
# dominant and which are marginalized? How so?
*** Cartes *** Cartes
:PROPERTIES: :PROPERTIES:
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:END: :END:
** Éthnographie
:PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: h-c3298027-baf7-4f86-a5e9-136eb4c28a57
:END:
** Affiliations génétiques ** Affiliations génétiques
:PROPERTIES: :PROPERTIES:
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:END: :END:
# - What language family does this language belong to?
** Tradition littéraire # - What are its closest relatives?
:PROPERTIES:
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:END:
** Dialectes
:PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: h-13fc6beb-4c24-4b82-b50f-a2f5da5247fb
:END:
** Situation sociolinguistique ** Situation sociolinguistique
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:PROPERTIES: :PROPERTIES:
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:END: :END:
# - What percentage of the people are monolingual? (Treat men and women
# separately.)
# - What language(s) are people multilingual in, and to what degree?
# - As far as you can tell, what is the attitude of the speakers of this
# language toward their language, as opposed to other languages they may
# know? If possible, give evidence for your claims even though it may be
# anecdotal.
*** Contexte dutilisation et choix de langues *** Contexte dutilisation et choix de langues
:PROPERTIES: :PROPERTIES:
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:END: :END:
# - In what contexts are multilingual individuals likely to use the language
# described in this sketch? When do they use other languages?
*** Viabilité *** Viabilité
:PROPERTIES: :PROPERTIES:
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:END: :END:
# - Are children learning the language as their first language? If so, how
# long do they remain monolingual?
# - What pressures are there on young people to (a) learn another language,
# and (b) reject their own language? How strong are these pressures?
# - Are there partially competent speakers?
*** Mots demprun *** Mots demprun
:PROPERTIES: :PROPERTIES:
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:END: :END:
# - Does the lexicon of this language contain many words from other languages?
# If so, in what semantic domains do these tend to occur? Give examples.
** Le corpus ** Dialectes
:PROPERTIES: :PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: h-9f14afae-8cd0-4f89-9de3-e0d844494d41 :CUSTOM_ID: h-13fc6beb-4c24-4b82-b50f-a2f5da5247fb
:END:
*** La nature de la recherche
:PROPERTIES:
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:END: :END:
# - Is there significant dialect variation? What kind of differences
# distinguish the dialects? Give examples.
# - What dialect is represented in the sketch?
*** Consultants et autres sources ** Tradition littéraire
:PROPERTIES: :PROPERTIES:
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:END:
*** Présentation des données
:PROPERTIES:
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:END: :END:
* Aperçu structurel * Aperçu structurel
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:PROPERTIES: :PROPERTIES:
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:END: :END:
# - Is the language dominantly isolating or polysynthetic?
# - If the language is at all polysynthetic, is it dominantly agglutinative or
# fusional? Give examples of its dominant pattern and any secondary patterns.
# - If the language is at all agglutinative, is it dominantly prefixing,
# suffixing or neither?
# - Illustrate the major and secondary patterns (including infixation, stem
# modification, reduplication, suprasegmental modification, and suppletion).
# - If the language is at all polysynthetic, is it dominantly "head-marking",
# "dependent-marking", or mixed?
# - Give some examples of each type of marking the language exhibits.
** Inventaire phonétique et orthographe ** Inventaire phonétique et orthographe
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:PROPERTIES: :PROPERTIES:
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:END: :END:
# - What are the distributional properties of nouns?
# - What are the structural properties of nouns?
# - What are the major formally distinct subcategories of nouns?
# - What is the basic structure of the noun word (for polysynthetic languages)
# and/or noun phrases (for more isolating languages)?
**** Structure dun nom **** Structure dun nom
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:PROPERTIES: :PROPERTIES:
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:END: :END:
# - Does the language have free pronouns and/or anaphoric clitics? (These are
# distinct from grammatical agreement.)
# - Give a chart of the free pronouns and/or anaphoric clitics.
**** Pronoms personnels **** Pronoms personnels
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:PROPERTIES: :PROPERTIES:
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:END: :END:
# - What are the distributional properties of verbs?
# - What are the structural properties of verbs?
# - What are the major subclasses of verbs?
# - Describe the order of various verbal operators within the verbal word or
# verb phrase.
# - Give charts of the various paradigms, e.g. person marking,
# tense/aspect/mode, etc. Indicate major allomorphic variants.
# - Are directional and/or locational notions expressed in the verb or verb
# phrase at all?
# - Is this operation obligatory, i.e. does one member of the paradigm have
# to occur in every finite verb or verb phrase?
# - Is it productive, i.e. can the operation be specified for al verb stems,
# and does it have the same meaning with each one? (Nothing is fully
# productive, but some operations are more productive than others.)
# - Is this operation primarily coded morphologically, analytically, or
# lexically? Are there any exceptions to the general case?
# - Where in the verb phrase or verbal word is this operation likely to
# appear? Can it occur in more than one place?
**** Structure verbale **** Structure verbale
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:PROPERTIES: :PROPERTIES:
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:END: :END:
# - If you posit a morphosyntacticc category of adjectives, give evidence for
# not grouping theseforms with the verbs or nouns.
# What characterizes a form as being an adjective in this language?
# - How can you characterize semantically the class of concepts coded by this
# formal category?
# - Do adjectives agree with their heads (e.g. in number, case, and/or noun
# class)?
# - What kind of system does the language employ for counting?
# - How high can a fluent native speaker count without resorting either to
# words from another language or to a generic word like /many/? Exemplify
# the system up to this point.
# - Do numerals agree with their head nouns (number, case, noun class, ...)?
**** Adjectifs descriptifs **** Adjectifs descriptifs
:PROPERTIES: :PROPERTIES:
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:PROPERTIES: :PROPERTIES:
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:END: :END:
# - What characterikes a form as being an adverb in this language? If you
# posit a distinct class of adverbs, argue for why these forms should not be
# treated as nouns, verbs, or adjectives.
# - For each kind of adverb listed in this section, list a few members of the
# type, and specify whether there are any restrictions relavite to that
# type, e.g. where they can come in a clause, any morphemes common to the
# type, etc.
# - Are any of these classes of adverbs related to older complement-taking
# (matrix) verbs?
*** Auxilliaires *** Auxilliaires
:PROPERTIES: :PROPERTIES:
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:PROPERTIES: :PROPERTIES:
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:END: :END:
# - What is the neutral order of free elements in the unit?
# - Are there variations?
# - How do the variant orders function?
# - Specific to the main clause constituent order: What is the pragmatically
# neutral order of constituents (A/S, P, and V) in basic clauses of the
# language?
*** Ordre des constituants dans les clauses verbales *** Ordre des constituants dans les clauses verbales
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:END: :END:
# - Where do auxliaries occur in relation to the semantically “main” verb?
# - Where do verb-phrase adverbs occur with respect to the verb and
# auxiliaries?
*** Ordre des constituants dans les clauses nominales *** Ordre des constituants dans les clauses nominales
:PROPERTIES: :PROPERTIES:
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:END: :END:
# - Describe the order(s) of elements in the noun phrase.
*** Phrases adpositionelles *** Phrases adpositionelles
:PROPERTIES: :PROPERTIES:
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:END: :END:
# - Is the language dominantly prepositional or post-positional? Give examples.
# - Do many adpositions come from nouns or verbs?
*** Comparatifs *** Comparatifs
:PROPERTIES: :PROPERTIES:
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:END: :END:
# - Does the language have one or more grammaticalized comparative
# constructions? If so, what is the order of the standard, the marker and
# the quality by which an item is compared to the standard?
*** Particules de questions et mots interrogatifs *** Particules de questions et mots interrogatifs
:PROPERTIES: :PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: h-66436f0c-f1b6-4c2b-8c35-6b9439d81e86 :CUSTOM_ID: h-66436f0c-f1b6-4c2b-8c35-6b9439d81e86
:END: :END:
# - In yes/no questions, if there is a question particle, where does it occur?
# - In information questions, where does the question word occur?
*** Résumé *** Résumé
:PROPERTIES: :PROPERTIES:
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:END: :END:
# - How does this language compare in its constituent orders to universal
# expectations, as represented by Greenberg (1963), Hawkins (1983), or some
# other well-known typology?
** Structure dune phrase nominale ** Structure dune phrase nominale
:PROPERTIES: :PROPERTIES:
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:END: :END:
*** Mots composés
** Structure dune phrase verbale
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:END: :END:
# - Is there noun-noun compounding that results in a noun (e.g. /windshield/)?
# - How do you know it is compounding?
# - Is there noun-verb (or verb-noun) compounding that results in a noun (e.g.
# /pickpocket/, /scarecrow/)?
# - Are these processes productive (like noun-verb in English can-opener)? How
# common is compounding?
*** Dénominalisation
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:END:
# - Are there any processes (productive or not) that form a verb from a noun?
# - An adjective from a noun?
# - An adverb from a noun?
*** Nombres
:PROPERTIES:
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:END:
# - Is number expressed in the noun phrase?
# - Is the distinction between singular and non-singular obligatory, optional,
# or completely absent in the noun phrase?
# - If number marking is “optional”, when does it tend to occur, and when does
# it tend not to occur?
# - If number marking is obligatory, is number overtly expressed for all noun
# phrases or only some subclasses of noun phrases, such as animate?
# - What non-singular distinctions are there?
*** Case
:PROPERTIES:
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:END:
# - Do nouns exhibit morphological case?
# - If so, what are the cases? (The functions of the cases will be elaborated
# in later sections)
*** Articles, déterminants et démonstratifs
:PROPERTIES:
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:END:
# - Do noun phrases have articles?
# - If so, are they obligatory or optional, and under what circumstances do
# they occur?
# - Are they separate words, or bound morphemes?
# - Is there a class of classes of demonstratives as distinct from articles?
# - How many degrees of distance are there in the system of demontsratives?
# - Are there other distinctions beside distances?
*** Possesseurs
:PROPERTIES:
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:END:
# - How are possessors expressed in the noun phrase?
# - Do nouns agree with their possessors? Do possessors agree with possessed
# nouns? Neither, or both?
# - Is there a distinction between alienable and inalienable possesson?
# - Are there other types of possession?
# - When the possessor is a full noun, where does it usually come with respect
# to the possessed noun?
*** Classes (incluant le genre)
:PROPERTIES:
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:END:
# - Is there a noun class system?
# - What are the classes and how are they manifested in the noun phrase?
# - What dimension of reality is most central to the noun class system (e.g.
# animacy, shape, function, etc.)? What other dimensions are relevant?
# - Do the classifiers occur with numerals? Adjectives? Verbs?
# - What is their function in these contexts?
*** Diminution/Augmentation
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:END:
# - Does the language employ diminutive and/or augmentative operators in the
# noun or noun phrase?
# - Questions to answer for all nominal operations:
# - Is this operation obligatory, i.e. does one member of the paradigm have
# to occur in every full noun phrase?
# - Is it productive, i.e. can the operation be specified for all full noun
# phrases and does it have the same meaning with each one? (Nothing is
# fully productive, but some operations are more so than others.)
# - Is this operation primarily expressed lexically, morphologically, or
# analytically?
# - Where in the noun phrase is this operation likely to be located? Can it
# occur in more than one place?
** Prédicats nominaux et constructions liées ** Prédicats nominaux et constructions liées
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:END: :END:
# - How are proper inclusion and equative predicates formed?
# - What restrictions are there, if any, on the TAM marking of such clauses?
*** Prédicats adjectivaux *** Prédicats adjectivaux
:PROPERTIES: :PROPERTIES:
:SUBTITLE: Clauses attributives
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:END: :END:
# - How are predicate adjective formed? (Include a separate section on
# predicate adjectives only if they are structurally distinct from predicate
# nominals.)
*** Prédicats locatifs *** Prédicats locatifs
:PROPERTIES: :PROPERTIES:
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:END: :END:
# - How are locational clauses (or predicate locatives) formed?
*** Prédicats existentiels *** Prédicats existentiels
:PROPERTIES: :PROPERTIES:
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:END: :END:
# - How are existential clauses formed? (Give examples in different
# tense/aspects, especially if there is significant variation.)
# - How are negative existentials formed?
# - Are there extended uses of existential morphology? (Provide pointers to
# other relevant sections of the grammar.)
*** Clauses possessives *** Clauses possessives
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:END: :END:
# - How are possessive clauses formed?
** Structure dune phrase verbale
:PROPERTIES:
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:END:
** Clauses intransitives ** Clauses intransitives
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# Examplify some simple intransitive, transitive, and ditransitive clauses.
# Three-argument clauses may not unequivocally exist.
# - What are the grammatical erlations of this language? Give morphosyntactic
# evidence for each one that you propose.
# - Subject?
# - Ergative?
# - Absolutive?
# - Direct object?
# - Indirect object?
# There are basically four possible sources of evidence for grammatical
# relations:
# - morphological case on NPs
# - person marking on verbs
# - constituent order
# - some pragmatic hierarchy
# - Is the system of grammatical relations in basic (affirmative, declarative)
# clauses organized according to a nominative/accusative,
# ergative/absolutive, tripartite, or some other system?
# - Is there a split system for organizing grammatical relations? If so, what
# determines the split?
# - Is there split instransitivity? If so, what semantic or
# discourse/pragmatic factor conditions the split?
# - DOes the system for pronouns and/or person marking on verbs operate on
# the same basis as that of full NPs?
# - Are there different grammatical-relation systems depending on the clause
# type (e.g. main vs. dependent clauses, affirmative vs. negative clauses)?
# - Are there different grammatical-relation assignment systems depending on
# the tense and/or aspect of the clause?
# - Are there any syntactic processes (e.g. conjunction reduction,
# relativization) that operate on an ergative/absolutive basis?
** Constructions liées à la voix et à la valence ** Constructions liées à la voix et à la valence
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:END: :END:
*** Causatif *** Augmentation de valence
:PROPERTIES:
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:END:
**** Causatif
:PROPERTIES: :PROPERTIES:
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:END: :END:
# - How are causatives formed in this language? There are basically three
# possible answers to this question:
# - lexicall :: kill
# - morphological :: die + cause
# - analytic/periphrastic :: cause to die
# - Give examples of both causative of instransitive verbs (e.g. /He made Shin
# Jaa laugh/), and of transivite verbs (e.g. /He made Shin Jaa wash the
# dishes/).
# - What happens to the causee in each type of causative?
# - Does the causative morphosyntax also serve other functions (e.g.
# permissive, applicative, benefactive, instrumental, etc.)?
# - Are there any other interesting or unusual facts about causatives in the
# language?
*** Applicatif **** Applicatif
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:END: :END:
# - Are there any operations by which a participant which has a semantic role
# normally expressed in an “oblique” phrase can “advance” to direct object
# status?
# - What semantic roles are subject to these operations and how common are
# these constructions?
*** Déplacement datif **** Déplacement datif
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:END: :END:
# - Is there a dative-shift construction?
# - What semantic roles can be “dative-shifted”?
# - Is dative shift obligatory?
*** Datif dintérêt **** Datif dintérêt
:PROPERTIES: :PROPERTIES:
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:END: :END:
*** Possession exterieure **** Possession exterieure
:PROPERTIES: :PROPERTIES:
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:END: :END:
*** Réflexifs et réciproques *** Diminution de valence
:PROPERTIES:
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:END:
**** Réflexifs et réciproques
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:END: :END:
# - How are reflexives expressed?
# - Morphologically?
# - Analytically?
# - Are reflexives and reciprocals formally identical?
# - Are there any “unusual” uses of reflexive/reciprocal morphosyntax? For
# example, does a reflexive marker appear in a noun phrase to indicate that
# the possessor of the noun phrase is the same as the subject of the
# clause?
# - Does reflexive/reciprocal morphology ever indicate interclausal
# coreference?
# - Are there other “extended” uses of reflexive or reciprocal morphosyntax?
*** Passifs **** Passifs
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:END: :END:
# - Which type(s) of passive constructions does the language have? Exemplify
# each type, and describe its function or functions.
# - Lexical?
# - Morphological?
# - Analytic?
# - Are there “impersonal” passives, i.e. passives of intransitive verbs, or
# passives where there is not necessarily an *agent* implied?
# - Is a passive construction obligatory in any particular environment, e.g.
# when a *patient* outranks an *agent* on some pragmatically defined
# hierarchy?
# - Are there other types of passives?
*** Inverses **** Inverses
:PROPERTIES: :PROPERTIES:
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:END: :END:
# - Does the language have a grammatically instantiated inverse construction?
# If so, what type is it?
*** Constructions moyennes **** Constructions moyennes
:PROPERTIES: :PROPERTIES:
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:END: :END:
# - Are there grammatically instantiated middle constructions?
# - Additional reading: /Kemmer 1993/
*** Antipassifs **** Antipassifs
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:END: :END:
# - Are there any grammatical structures that specifically function as
# antipassives?
# - Is some other structure used to express transitive concepts when the *P*
# is very low in topicality?
*** Démotion dobjet ou omission **** Démotion dobjet ou omission
:PROPERTIES: :PROPERTIES:
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:END: :END:
*** Incorporation dobjet **** Incorporation dobjet
:PROPERTIES: :PROPERTIES:
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:END: :END:
# - Does the language have object demotion or omission constructions (as
# distinct from antipassives)?
# References: Sapir (1911), Green (1981), Mithun (1984), Sadock (1986).
** Nominalisation ** Nominalisation
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:END: :END:
# - Describe the processes (productive or not) that form a noun from a verb.
# Include at least:
# - action nominalization
# - agent nominalization
# - patient nominalization
# - Is there a distinction between agent nominalization that refer to
# characteristic activities (e.g. /teacher/) and those that refer to
# specific events (e.g. /the one who is teaching/)?
**** Nominalisation dagent **** Nominalisation dagent
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@ -564,6 +862,13 @@
:CUSTOM_ID: h-3172c987-3ab3-48de-9b2c-26420ce516ea :CUSTOM_ID: h-3172c987-3ab3-48de-9b2c-26420ce516ea
:END: :END:
** Composition (y compris lincorporation)
:PROPERTIES:
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:END:
# - Can subject, object and/or nouns be incorporated into the verb?
# - Are there verb-verb compounding processes that result in a verb?
** Temps, aspect, mode ** Temps, aspect, mode
:PROPERTIES: :PROPERTIES:
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@ -572,40 +877,111 @@
:PROPERTIES: :PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: h-8f9ad932-6d85-4ea3-b4d5-aada0f48e488 :CUSTOM_ID: h-8f9ad932-6d85-4ea3-b4d5-aada0f48e488
:END: :END:
# - Is there a tense system? How does it operate? Future/non-future,
# past/non-past, past/present/future, or other? (You may want tot treat
# these separately or group them, depending on how the language works.)
*** Aspects *** Aspects
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:END: :END:
# - How is aspect expressed?
*** Modes *** Modes
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:END: :END:
# - Is there a clear dividing line between tense/aspect and mode (probably
# not)?
# - What are the modes?
# - Is the case-marking pattern influenced at all by TAM?
*** Lieux/direction *** Lieux/direction
:PROPERTIES: :PROPERTIES:
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:END: :END:
# - Does the language employ verbal affixes or verb-phrase grammatical
# functors that specify the spatial orientation or grounding of the
# situation?
*** Référence participante
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:END:
# - Does the language mark the person and/or number of verbal agreements or
# speech act participants on the verb?
# - Provide charts of the various paradigms.
*** Évidentialité, validation et mirativité *** Évidentialité, validation et mirativité
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:END: :END:
# - Are there any grammaticalized indicators of evidentiality,
# validationality, or mirativity?
*** Divers *** Divers
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:END: :END:
# - Does the language have any other “miscellaneous” verb or verb-phrase
# operations?
# - For any such miscellaneous operations, argue for why you have not treated
# them as TAM or location/direction marking.
** Structures marquées pragmatiquement ** Structures marquées pragmatiquement
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:END: :END:
*** Variation dordre des constituants *** La morphosyntaxe de lattention, du contraste et du sujet
:PROPERTIES:
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:END:
**** Variation dordre des constituants
:PROPERTIES: :PROPERTIES:
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:END: :END:
# - Are there special devices for indicating pragmatic statuses in basic
# clauses, e.g. special constituent orders, left- and right-dislocation,
# affixes, or particles indicating referentiality, specificity, topic,
# focus, contrast, etc.?
# - Describe cleft constructions. If possible, give a characterization of
# their discourse functions.
**** Négation
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:END:
# - What is the standard means of forming a negative clause in this language?
# - What secondary strategies are there? When are they usedQ
# - Is there constituent negation? Derivational negation?
# - How is morphology normally associated with negation employed in creative
# ways in discourse?
**** Actes de parole non-déclaratifs
:PROPERTIES:
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:END:
***** Impératifs
:PROPERTIES:
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:END:
# - How are imperatives formned?
# - Are there “polite” imperatives that contrast with more direct
# imperatives?
# - Are there “first person” imperatives (e.g. /Lets eat/)? If so, how are
# they used?
***** Questions absolues
:PROPERTIES:
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:END:
# - How are yes/no questions formed?
***** Questions relatives
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:END:
# - How are information questions formed?
*** Particules contrastives et emphatiques *** Particules contrastives et emphatiques
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:END: :END:
*** Négation
:PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: h-0b72b283-9ce9-4078-8d44-e8cc85c554e1
:END:
*** Questions
:PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: h-a92e1f8f-7092-4975-850c-93a70c6f6466
:END:
**** Questions absolues
:PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: h-b273f0de-ba6d-49c7-9eba-c49dbb527d4b
:END:
**** Questions relatives
:PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: h-3732004d-f013-4d12-bae8-ba1ed7359ece
:END:
*** Impératifs
:PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: h-857e4f5d-623e-4ea6-8263-96cd90b724dc
:END:
** Combinaison de clauses ** Combinaison de clauses
:PROPERTIES: :PROPERTIES:
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@ -649,64 +1001,119 @@
:PROPERTIES: :PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: h-42ff20dc-0552-463d-901c-997bb7f1b3f5 :CUSTOM_ID: h-42ff20dc-0552-463d-901c-997bb7f1b3f5
:END: :END:
# - Does the langugae have serial verbs (or “co-verbs” in the East Asian
# tradition)?
# - Which verbs are most likely to occur in serial constructions?
# - Are there any that are losing their semantic content and becoming more
# like auxiliaries, adpositions, or TAM markers when they occur in serial
# constructions?
*** Clauses complémentaires *** Clauses complémentaires
:PROPERTIES: :PROPERTIES:
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:END: :END:
# - What kinds of complement clause does the language have?
# - Are particular complement types common for particular classes of
# complement-taking verbs?
# - Does the language allow subject and object complements, or just object
# complements?
*** Clauses adverbiales *** Clauses adverbiales
:PROPERTIES: :PROPERTIES:
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:END: :END:
# - How are adverbial clauses formed?
# - What kinds of adverbial clauses are there, e.g. time, manner, purpose,
# reason, consequence, sequence, conditional?
# - Can adverbial clauses occur in more than one place in a clause?
# - If so, are there any differences in meaning associated with the various
# allowable positions for any given adverbial clause type?
# - Among the conditionals, are there any subdivisions, e.g. contrafactual
# (/*If I had done it differently*, that wouldnt have happenned/),
# hypothetical (/*If I were you*, Id do it differently/)?
# - What restrictions are there on the TAM marking of conditional clauses?
*** Enchaînement de clauses, clauses médianes et changement de référence *** Enchaînement de clauses, clauses médianes et changement de référence
:PROPERTIES: :PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: h-2fe752f2-8586-4fd2-85de-a0f94f04be07 :CUSTOM_ID: h-2fe752f2-8586-4fd2-85de-a0f94f04be07
:END: :END:
# - Does the language have any grammaticalized device that explicitly
# indicates whether a participant in one clause is the same as or different
# than some participant in another clause?
# If so, answer the following questions:
# - What direction does the dependency go? That is, does a marker signal
# coreferentiality with a yet to be mentioned participant, or an already
# mentioned participant? (Maybe both, depending on other factors.)
# - What can “antecede” one of these markers? That is, is coreferentiality
# always with respect to a “subject” participant, or can non-subject
# *agent*, or nominal of other grammatical relations also antecede a
# coreference form?
# - On What categories of elements can these markers go, e.g. verbs, nouns,
# conjunctions, etc.?
# - Can one clause be inflected for the person/number of the subject of some
# other clause?
# - Does the markers of interclausal coreference also carry other information,
# e.g. tense/aspect or semantic relations between clauses?
# - How extensive is this phenomenon?
*** Clauses relatives *** Clauses relatives
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:END: :END:
# - What kind of relative clauses does the language have?
# - Prenominal?
# - Postnominal?
# - Internally headed?
# - Headless?
# - Correlative?
# - What positions on the following relativizability hierarchy can be
# relativized?
# subject > direct object > indirect object > oblique > possessor
# - What RC type of “case recoverability strategy“ is used for each position?
*** Coordination *** Coordination
:PROPERTIES: :PROPERTIES:
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:END: :END:
# - How are the following kinds of logical relations between clauses typically
# expressed?
# - Conjunction (a and b)/(neither a nor b)?
# - Disjunction (a or b)?
# - Exclusion (a and not b)?
** La langue telle quutilisée ** Utilisation de la langue
:PROPERTIES: :PROPERTIES:
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:END: :END:
*** Typologie lexicale
:PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: h-e6d10a54-078f-4cc0-8a07-28a6fed468ba
:END:
**** Espace, directions et déplacements
:PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: h-997b8c61-cb5d-40f9-92c1-6e17cfaddce3
:END:
**** Causation
:PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: h-44afa9f9-5dc8-4883-90f5-a214b455eef9
:END:
**** Valence
:PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: h-39f2e9c1-f91f-4e64-b667-c89a3c9edf77
:END:
**** Prépondérance des caractéristiques sémantiques
:PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: h-5ab18e70-8101-417d-be7e-1d87cb85a6ed
:END:
*** Continuité (cohésion) et discontinuité *** Continuité (cohésion) et discontinuité
:PROPERTIES: :PROPERTIES:
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:END: :END:
# - What are the discourse functions of the various referential devices? That
# is, which code highly continuous referents, and which code highly
# discontinuous referents?
# - Related questions: how are referents introduced into narrative and/or
# conversational discourse?
# - Are referents introduced differently depending on whether or not they are
# “destined” to figure prominently in the following text? (That is, does the
# language clearly distinguish introductions of “discourse manipulable”
# referents?)
# - Are there different coding devices used to introduce referents that have
# some honorific status?
# - How is tense/aspect marking deployed in discourse? (Answer will probably
# vary according to genre)
# - What morphosyntactic device are used to signal the “events” in a narrative
# discourse? What about the “non-events”, i.e. collateral descriptive
# material?
# - What devices are used to ascribe special prominence to portions of text?
# - Can you isolated the /kinds/ of prominence that the language is sensitive
# to?
# - Are there special morphosyntactic devices characteristically used at the
# climax or peak of a narrative?
# - Is there a recognizable peak in other genres?
# - Are rhetorical questions and/or negations used as “highlighting” devices
# in discourse? Give examples.
**** Continuité de sujet (référenciel) **** Continuité de sujet (référenciel)
:PROPERTIES: :PROPERTIES:
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@ -722,16 +1129,16 @@
:CUSTOM_ID: h-98780284-20cb-4ddd-ac75-55454ac31dd1 :CUSTOM_ID: h-98780284-20cb-4ddd-ac75-55454ac31dd1
:END: :END:
*** Prominence épisodique **** Prominence épisodique
:PROPERTIES: :PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: h-d2e427d9-a12d-4930-ae84-b6f2e1db22e9 :CUSTOM_ID: h-d2e427d9-a12d-4930-ae84-b6f2e1db22e9
:END: :END:
**** Apogée, point de culminance ***** Apogée, point de culminance
:PROPERTIES: :PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: h-0a5068b2-1d91-4fa1-b8c6-163ceef8ded9 :CUSTOM_ID: h-0a5068b2-1d91-4fa1-b8c6-163ceef8ded9
:END: :END:
**** Intensification ***** Intensification
:PROPERTIES: :PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: h-c4f61aa8-4b31-49e4-87d3-222105840b36 :CUSTOM_ID: h-c4f61aa8-4b31-49e4-87d3-222105840b36
:END: :END:
@ -740,6 +1147,9 @@
:PROPERTIES: :PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: h-c001376f-4df2-4340-a181-62ab0e1eb645 :CUSTOM_ID: h-c001376f-4df2-4340-a181-62ab0e1eb645
:END: :END:
# - What discourse genre are demonstrably distinct in this language? Exemplify
# and discuss the significant characteristics for each.
**** Conversation **** Conversation
:PROPERTIES: :PROPERTIES:
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@ -793,6 +1203,29 @@
:PROPERTIES: :PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: h-b437a999-0294-43a6-8752-ba282078c026 :CUSTOM_ID: h-b437a999-0294-43a6-8752-ba282078c026
:END: :END:
*** Typologie lexicale
:PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: h-e6d10a54-078f-4cc0-8a07-28a6fed468ba
:END:
**** Espace, directions et déplacements
:PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: h-997b8c61-cb5d-40f9-92c1-6e17cfaddce3
:END:
**** Causation
:PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: h-44afa9f9-5dc8-4883-90f5-a214b455eef9
:END:
**** Valence
:PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: h-39f2e9c1-f91f-4e64-b667-c89a3c9edf77
:END:
**** Prépondérance des caractéristiques sémantiques
:PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: h-5ab18e70-8101-417d-be7e-1d87cb85a6ed
:END:
*** Divers et conclusions *** Divers et conclusions
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# - Does the language make extensive and productive use of sound symbolism?
# - What are some common ideophones?
# - How is the phonological system of ideophones and sound symbolism
# different than that of the rest of the language?
# - How is the morphology different? How is the syntax different?
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# - What are the features of this language that are particularly interesting?
# - What typological surprises does it present?
# - How does this work contribute to our understanding of the notion
# “possible human language”? What directions for further research do you
# recommend and/or plan to undertake yourself?
# - Can you qualitatively describe the “character” of this language? What are
# its dominant features?
# - What are the characteristics of a skilled orator in this language?
# - Can you provide some explicit examples that will contribute to the
# readers sense of how this language is used? Some possibilities might be
# jokes, prayers, metaphorical expressions, or other culturally relevent
# discourse samples.
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