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Proto-algic III: Pronouns
- Source :
- Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics, Vol 16, Iss , Pp 39-57 (1991)
- Publication Year :
- 1991
- Publisher :
- University of Kansas, 1991.
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Abstract
- 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.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 23787600 and 10433805
- Volume :
- 16
- Issue :
- 39-57
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.56b236f416c4b7993cff24bfe10d5f6
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.17161/KWPL.1808.429