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Data on apparent discontinuous NPs in the Cariban family
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Akawaio: 'one acre small'? #42

Closed fmatter closed 1 year ago

fmatter commented 2 years ago

How do e'ka and the final aigo fit together?

(ra-personal-narrative-166) Akawaio (Caesar-Fox 2003)

serau rï'kwörö nai aigorkwö wan e'ka mang serau kwö aigo  
serau rï'kwö-rö  nai       aigo  rï'kwö wan   e'ka  mang      serau rï'kwö aigo 
here  Dim-Emph   3.be.Pres small Dim    one   acres 3.be.Pres here  Dim    small  
Adv   Adv?-Prtcl Vi        N     Pro    Prtcl N     Vi        Adv   Pro    N    
‘Here , there is only a small one, it is one acre’
SpikeGildea commented 1 year ago

I think it is three clauses: Serau rï'kwörö nai 'it is here'; aigorkwö wan e'ka man 'it is small one acre'; serau rï'kwö aigo ?'the small one is here' — this last set of words could also be juts afterthoughts adding information about the field? This might be one to listen to

fmatter commented 1 year ago

Putting this down as "NP" -- aigorkwö wan e'ka