13. A look at so in Mauritian Creole: From possessive pronoun to emphatic determiner

Guillemin, Diana

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“…It is not uncommon for possessive markers to evolve towards definite markers (see Greenberg (1978: 65-66), Fraurud (2001), Rijkhoff (2009); the Indonesian clitic =nya (Arka 2011); the Mauritian Creole so (<Fr. 'son') (Guillemin 2007)). However, in Dalabon, this value of -no as indicating definiteness remains contextual and has not clearly grammaticalized.…”

Section: Animate-part Nouns and Obligatory Possessionmentioning

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“…Possessive constructions are notoriously versatile semantically and lead to many semantic 22 In contrast, animals can be treated as plural, although this is optional. extensions and grammaticalizations (see for instance McGregor 2009); Baron et al 2001); the -ka suffix in Ulwa (Misumalpan, Nicaragua (Koontz-Garboden & Francez 2010); the Indonesian clitic =nya (Arka 2011); so in Mauritian Creole (Guillemin 2007)). It is not uncommon to see possessive markers grammaticalize entirely so as to become class markers devoid of semantic content (Greenberg (1991: 308) for Algic and Salish).…”

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Nominal Subclasses in Dalabon (South-western Arnhem Land)

Ponsonnet

2014

Australian Journal of Linguistics

109

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This paper describes a distinctive system of nominal subclasses observed in Dalabon, a non-Pama-Nyungan, Gunwinyguan language of south-western Arnhem Land, Australia. These subclasses differ from what is usually called 'noun classes' in Australian languages, and no such system has been described for an Australian language so far. While most Gunwinyguan languages use noun class prefixes offering an overt categorization of noun classes, Dalabon has no such prefixes. On the other hand, six semantically coherent nominal subclasses can be delineated based on four inter-related criteria-noun incorporation, boundness, obligatory possession and possessor raising. These subclasses are animate-part nouns (incorporable, strictly bound, obligatorily possessed, raising their possessors freely), kin-terms (incorporable, strictly bound, obligatorily possessed, raising their possessor when incorporated), inanimate-part nouns (incorporable, strictly bound, not obligatorily possessed), features of the landscape (incorporable, semi-bound, not obligatorily possessed), natural-kind nouns (nonincorporable) and generic nouns (incorporable free nouns). Some of the subclasses qualify as more or less inalienable. Along the way, the article discusses various aspects of Dalabon grammar such as word classes, noun incorporation and possessive constructions. The nominal subclass divisions also shed light upon some the distribution and semantics of the ubiquitous -no suffix, which remained obscure hitherto.

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Section: Animate-part Nouns and Obligatory Possessionmentioning

confidence: 95%

Section: Status Of the Morphological Filler -Nomentioning

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Nominal Subclasses in Dalabon (South-western Arnhem Land)

Ponsonnet

2014

Australian Journal of Linguistics

109

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“…The paper is organized as follows. In 2 I present the types of attributive possessive structure in 19 th century Mauritian Creole identified by Syea (1994Syea ( , 1995Syea ( , 2007Syea ( , 2013 and Guillemin (2007Guillemin ( , 2009Guillemin ( , 2011a. Also discussed are a number of issues related to previous work on attributive possession in Mauritian Creole.…”

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“…As shown by Syea (1995: 182), the text by Descroizilles (1867) is "the first in which all three types of genitives are attested". Syea (1995: 182) According to Syea (1994Syea ( : 85-86, 1995Syea ( : 181, 2007Syea ( : 18, 2013 and to Guillemin (2007Guillemin ( : 289, 2011a The pattern is found in Ça qui tini poëlon qui cone so prix la gresse (Decotter 1920, proverb 399) [lit. 'He who has a frying pan knows the price of grease'], for which Hearn (1885: 12) suggests the equivalent: 'It's the one who hold the skillet that knows the cost of lard'.…”

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Attributive possession in 19th century Mauritian Creole

Avram¹

2016

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The paper examines the attributive possessive structures attested in 19th century Mauritian Creole. It is first shown that these include a construction with the preposition pou ‘for’, which has not been mentioned in the literature. The situation in Mauritian Creole is then compared to that in Seychelles Creole, a closely related variety. Also discussed are some of the more general implications of the findings.

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13. A look at so in Mauritian Creole: From possessive pronoun to emphatic determiner

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Nominal Subclasses in Dalabon (South-western Arnhem Land)

Nominal Subclasses in Dalabon (South-western Arnhem Land)

Attributive possession in 19th century Mauritian Creole

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