Ye'kwana: double tüwü + 3-ERG (convchur-117)

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Data on apparent discontinuous NPs in the Cariban family

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Ye'kwana: double tüwü + 3-ERG (convchur-117) #62

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fmatter commented 1 year ago

(convchur-117) Ye’kwana (Cáceres Arandia 2021)

tüwü tümennö ñennaajö chöuwö tüwü  
tüwü t-mennö-e          i-mennö-ajö      i-uwö tüwü
3.SG AZR-escribir-PTCPe 3O-escribir-PTCP 3-ERG 3.SG  
pro  adv                n                posp  pro 
‘while she writes / mientras ella sí escribe’

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SpikeGildea commented 1 year ago

Big pause after the first one, so tüwü, tümennö ñennaajö chöuwö tüwü

That said, both of the tüwü must be referring to the same 'ella' as the 3Erg, so call the final one a coreferent with the ergative pronoun. Weird shit!

fmatter commented 1 year ago

Well, coreferent with the i-, right?