Proto-algic III: Pronouns

Proto-algic III: Pronouns

The Proto-Algic demonstrative roots *y-) and locatives (*m-, *n-) had 3 inflectional endings, referring to spacial or temporal distributions of entities, and which evolve into the gender systems of Yurok and Algonquian. It had two discourse pronouns: *k- 'previously mentioned', and *t- �...

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Main Author: Proulx, Paul
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Kansas, Department of Linguistics 1991-01-01
Series:Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics
Subjects:
Algonquian languages > Syntax, Historical
Algonquian languages > Demonstratives
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1808/429
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spelling doaj-c56b236f416c4b7993cff24bfe10d5f62020-11-24T22:13:23ZengUniversity of Kansas, Department of LinguisticsKansas Working Papers in Linguistics2378-76001991-01-0116395710.17161/KWPL.1808.429Proto-algic III: Pronouns Proulx, PaulThe Proto-Algic demonstrative roots *y-) and locatives (*m-, *n-) had 3 inflectional endings, referring to spacial or temporal distributions of entities, and which evolve into the gender systems of Yurok and Algonquian. It had two discourse pronouns: *k- 'previously mentioned', and *t- 'known but not previously mentioned'. *k- is semantically associated with past time; *t- develops into Algonquian future markers. The Algonquian verbs of 'being (somewhere)' also all come from among these deictics. Proto-Algic also had a relative pronoun (*?-), instrumental in the development of some types of changed conjunct, and an associative deictic (*er- ‘like another'), which produces a marker of obviation. http://hdl.handle.net/1808/429Algonquian languages-- Syntax, HistoricalAlgonquian languages-- Demonstratives
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Proto-algic III: Pronouns
Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics
Algonquian languages-- Syntax, Historical
Algonquian languages-- Demonstratives
author_facet Proulx, Paul
author_sort Proulx, Paul
title Proto-algic III: Pronouns
title_short Proto-algic III: Pronouns
title_full Proto-algic III: Pronouns
title_fullStr Proto-algic III: Pronouns
title_full_unstemmed Proto-algic III: Pronouns
title_sort proto-algic iii: pronouns
publisher University of Kansas, Department of Linguistics
series Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics
issn 2378-7600
publishDate 1991-01-01
description The Proto-Algic demonstrative roots *y-) and locatives (*m-, *n-) had 3 inflectional endings, referring to spacial or temporal distributions of entities, and which evolve into the gender systems of Yurok and Algonquian. It had two discourse pronouns: *k- 'previously mentioned', and *t- 'known but not previously mentioned'. *k- is semantically associated with past time; *t- develops into Algonquian future markers. The Algonquian verbs of 'being (somewhere)' also all come from among these deictics. Proto-Algic also had a relative pronoun (*?-), instrumental in the development of some types of changed conjunct, and an associative deictic (*er- ‘like another'), which produces a marker of obviation.
topic Algonquian languages-- Syntax, Historical
Algonquian languages-- Demonstratives
url http://hdl.handle.net/1808/429
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