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The anaphoric use of the demonstrative in Saotomense Emmanuel Schang [[email protected]] Université d’Orléans (France) CORAL_UPRES-EA 3850 http://www.univ-orleans.fr/lettres/departements/SDL/

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demonstrativein Saotomense

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E_Schang

DGfS2007

Overv

iew

Lo

okin

g a

t th

e a

nap

ho

ric u

se

of

the

Sa

oto

me

nse

de

mo

nstr

ative

art

icle

Co

mp

ari

so

n w

ith

Vie

ira

& a

l. (

20

02

), a

stu

dy o

n

Po

rtu

gu

ese

an

d F

ren

ch

de

mo

nstr

ative

NP

s

Stu

dy o

f th

e d

em

on

str

ative

NP

s w

ith

syn

tactic,

se

ma

ntic a

nd

typ

e o

f u

se

s p

ara

me

ters

.

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E_Schang

DGfS2007

Saoto

mense

: a P

ort

uguese-

based c

reole

lang

ua

ge

Sp

oke

n o

n S

ão

To

isla

nd

(G

ulf o

f

Gu

ine

a).

Po

rtu

gu

ese

is th

e

off

icia

l la

ng

ua

ge

of

the

De

mo

cra

tic

Re

pu

blic

of

o

To

an

d P

rín

cip

e

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E_Schang

DGfS2007

Saoto

mense

: a P

ort

uguese-

based c

reole

lang

ua

ge

A l

ex

ico

nb

ase

d o

n

Po

rtu

gu

es

ea

nd

afr

ica

nla

ng

ua

ge

s

(ma

inly

Ed

o a

nd

Ba

ntu

wo

rds)

A g

ram

ma

r (t

ota

lly?

)

diffe

ren

t fr

om

Po

rtu

gu

ese

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E_Schang

DGfS2007

Saoto

mense

: a P

ort

uguese-

based c

reole

lang

ua

ge

Ma

jor

gra

mm

atica

l fe

atu

res:

TM

A m

ark

ers

(p

rogre

ssiv

e,

ante

rior)

Do

ub

le n

egatio

n:

na

VP

… f

a

No g

end

er

No s

ubje

ct-

verb

agre

em

ent.

No a

gre

em

ent

in t

he

NP

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E_Schang

DGfS2007

ST

art

icle

syste

m

Nu

mb

er:

[inen

mosu

] bi

/Pl./b

oys/c

om

e/

The b

oys c

am

e

[ua

mosu] bi

/a/b

oy/c

am

e/

A b

oy c

am

e

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E_Schang

DGfS2007

ST

art

icle

syste

m

Bare

noun:

flo

lisa

gla

vi

/flo

we

r/b

e/b

ea

utifu

l/

1.

Th

e f

low

ers

are

be

au

tifu

l.

2.

Th

e f

low

er

is b

ea

utifu

l.

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E_Schang

DGfS2007

ST

art

icle

syste

m

De

mo

nstr

ative

NP

s :

Occu

rs t

o t

he

imm

ed

iate

rig

ht

of

the N

:

[sete

dja

se]

/seven/d

ay/D

em

./

these s

eve

n d

ays

a k

a p

ega

[kum

ese]

/one/T

MA

/take/e

at/

De

m./

One t

akes this

food

Fro

m A

lexandre

& H

agem

eije

r

(fort

hcom

ing)

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E_Schang

DGfS2007

Co

mp

arison b

etw

een

Port

ug

uese a

nd S

aoto

me

nse

esses/e

ssa

seste

s/e

sta

s

aqu

ele

s/a

que

las

Plu

ral

se

esse/e

ssa

este

/esta

aqu

ele

/aq

uela

Sin

gu

lar

Sao

tom

en

se

Po

rtu

gu

es

e

(masc/fem

)

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E_Schang

DGfS2007

The a

naly

sis

The c

orp

us:

firs

t h

an

d d

ata

ga

the

red

in

oT

om

ésin

ce

19

95

; a

cce

ssib

le a

t:

htt

p://c

rdo

.vjf.c

nrs

.fr:

80

80

/exis

t/crd

o/

2 d

ialo

gu

es (

30

min

ute

s:

“mo

urn

ing

” a

nd

“Alb

ert

o’s

life

”).

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E_Schang

DGfS2007

Types o

f uses

Evalu

ating the c

ore

fere

ntialand a

naphoric

chara

cte

r of dem

onstr

atives.

Cla

ssific

ation in 3

cate

gories

Dir

ec

t c

ore

fere

nc

e:

d c

ore

fers

with

a

pre

vio

us n

om

ina

l e

xp

ressio

n a

; d

an

d a

ha

ve

th

e s

am

e n

om

ina

l h

ea

d

Exa

mp

le:

a:

xe

sa

me

nku

mo

le…

d:

…a

ka

nte

lam

en

se

/if/be/m

oth

er/

who/d

ie/ /one/T

MA

/bury

/moth

er/

this

/

If the m

oth

er

die

d…

…one b

uries t

his

moth

er

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E_Schang

DGfS2007

Types o

f uses

Ind

ire

ct

co

refe

ren

ce

: d

co

refe

rsw

ith

a

pre

vio

us n

om

ina

l e

xp

ressio

n a

; d

an

d a

ha

ve

diffe

ren

t n

om

ina

l h

ea

ds

a:

e te u

avu

ng

ud:

i to

kise

/there

/have

/a/litany/

/and/s

ong/t

his

/

There

isa litany

and

this

so

ng

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E_Schang

DGfS2007

Types o

f uses

Oth

er

kin

d o

f a

na

ph

ora

: th

e a

nte

ce

de

nt

is

no

t a

no

min

al e

xp

ressio

n o

r th

e r

ela

tio

n

be

twe

en

de

mo

nstr

ative

an

d its

an

teced

en

t is

no

t a

co

refe

ren

ce

rela

tio

n

vid

a,

pro

fison d

i om

e,

mo k

u o

me k

om

esa;

ku k

e idaji

ku

om

e k

om

esa k

a f

e x

tluvis

u s

e i e

andji

om

e k

a t

am

e h

m,

kum

a o

me k

a f

e d

i bi tlaba a

ntê

poson d

jina n

ala

fô d

jina

na

la a

ntê

poson i e

, e, konta

non m

ina

xto

ria s

e(t

his

little s

tory

)

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E_Schang

DGfS2007

The r

esults

Ca

teg

ory

nu

mb

er

of

occu

rren

ces

dir

ect

an

ap

ho

ra6

8

ind

ire

ct

an

ap

ho

ra9

oth

er

44

pro

port

ion o

f th

e c

ate

gories

57%

7%

36%

direct

anaphora

indirect

anaphora

oth

er

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E_Schang

DGfS2007

The r

esults

The r

esults c

onfirm

what has b

een found

in V

ieira &

al. (

2002)

for

Port

uguese a

nd

Fre

nch:

If d

em

on

str

ative

s a

re lik

ely

to

id

en

tify

th

eir

refe

ren

t o

n t

he

ba

se

of

sa

lien

ce

we

exp

ecte

d

the

m t

o b

e n

ece

ssa

rily

re

late

d t

o p

revio

us

dis

co

urs

e,

an

d p

refe

ren

tia

lly c

ore

fere

ntia

l.

The S

Td

em

on

str

ati

ves a

re m

ain

ly

co

refe

ren

tto

pre

vio

us N

Ps.

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E_Schang

DGfS2007

Synta

x

I a

na

lyzed

th

e s

ynta

ctic s

tructu

re o

f th

e

de

mo

nstr

ative

NP

s,

ob

se

rvin

g t

he

pre

se

nce

or

no

t o

f a

dje

ctiva

l, p

rep

ositio

na

l a

nd

re

lative

mo

difie

rs.

Th

e h

yp

oth

esis

is th

at

de

mo

nstr

ative

s,

be

ing

ma

inly

co

nte

xtu

al d

ep

en

de

nt

for

the

ir

inte

rpre

tatio

n,

are

re

aliz

ed

th

rou

gh

sim

ple

no

un

ph

rase

str

uctu

res.

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E_Schang

DGfS2007

Synta

x

Mo

dif

ied

De

m.

NP

s(2

2 f

rom

12

1)

N+

se

+R

el :

peka

do s

e k

u s

a la

/pers

on/t

his

/who/b

e/t

here

/

This

pers

on (

who is)

here

nge s

e k

u m

ole

/pers

on/t

his

/who/d

ie/

This

pers

on w

ho d

ied

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E_Schang

DGfS2007

Synta

x

N+

se+

PP

ni te

la s

e d

i m

e m

u

/in/c

ountr

y/this

/of/m

oth

er/

my/

?In

this

countr

y o

f m

y m

oth

er

xtluvis

u s

e d

i p

into

r

/work

/this

/of/(h

ouse)p

ain

ter/

This

work

of house p

ain

ter

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E_Schang

DGfS2007

Synta

x

N+

se

+m

od

ifie

r

(ni) k

wa s

e t

inta

/(in

)/th

ing/t

his

/pa

int/

(In)

the p

ain

ting s

tuff

Nu

m+

N+

se

:

oto

dja

se (t

hese e

igh

t days)

inen d

osu m

anse s

e (

these t

wo p

ers

ons)

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E_Schang

DGfS2007

Synta

x

Co

nclu

sio

n

Lik

e in

Po

rtu

gu

ese

, d

em

on

str

ative

s p

rese

nt

few

mo

dif

ied

str

uc

ture

s(<

20

%).

Th

is lo

w n

um

be

r o

f ca

se

s c

an

be

se

en

as a

co

nfirm

atio

n o

f th

e in

terp

reta

tio

na

l p

rop

ert

y o

f

de

mo

nstr

ative

s t

o r

efe

r to

som

eth

ing

alr

ea

dy

sa

lie

nt

thro

ug

h p

revio

us d

isco

urs

e.

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E_Schang

DGfS2007

Sem

antics

Hyp

oth

es

is:

co

ncre

te d

em

on

str

ative

s h

ave

a

ten

de

ncy t

o h

ave

as a

nte

ce

de

nts

no

un

ph

rase

s

inste

ad

of

mo

re c

om

ple

x s

tru

ctu

res s

uch

as

se

nte

nce

s o

r p

ara

gra

ph

s.

Larg

ely

veri

fie

d

Co

rre

latio

n b

etw

ee

n c

on

cre

te a

nd

ab

str

act

de

mo

nstr

ative

an

d t

he

typ

e o

f u

se

:

Abstr

act

dem

onstr

atives o

ccur

only

in n

on

core

fere

ntialre

latio

ns (

“oth

er”

).

Ex:

kw

ase (

this

thin

g);

dolo

se (

this

pro

ble

m)

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E_Schang

DGfS2007

Sem

antics

A d

iffe

rence w

ith V

ieira &

alii

(2002):

Th

e n

um

be

r o

f a

bstr

act d

em

on

str

ative

is lo

we

r

in S

ao

tom

en

se

th

an

in

Po

rtu

gu

ese

.

on

ly 2

3 f

rom

12

1 in

ST

ne

ar

80

% in

Po

rtu

gu

ese

(E

C jo

urn

al)

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E_Schang

DGfS2007

Conclu

sio

n

In S

T a

s in P

ort

uguese:

De

mo

nstr

ative

s a

re m

ain

ly t

extu

ally

d

ep

en

de

nt

for

the

ir in

terp

reta

tio

n

Co

ncre

te d

em

on

str

ative

s h

ave

a t

en

de

ncy t

o

take

NP

s a

s a

nte

ce

de

nts

;

Diffe

rences w

ith P

ort

uguese

ab

str

act d

em

on

str

ative

s a

re n

ot

in a

co

refe

ren

ce

rela

tio

n (

typ

e o

f te

xts

?)

Lo

we

r n

um

be

r o

f a

bstr

act

de

mo

nstr

ative

s

(id

em

?)

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E_Schang

DGfS2007

Conclu

sio

n

In c

reo

listics,

we

use

to

fo

cus o

n t

he

diffe

ren

ce

s

be

twe

en

a C

reo

le a

nd

its

lexifie

r-la

ng

ua

ge

. T

he

re

su

lts f

ou

nd

he

re a

re s

urp

risin

gly

sim

ilar

be

twe

en

Po

rtu

gu

ese

an

d S

ao

tom

en

se

, re

ga

rdle

ss o

f th

e im

po

rta

nt

diffe

ren

ce

s in

th

eir

g

ram

ma

tica

l syste

ms.

As ‘se

’ is

ety

mo

log

ica

lly lin

ke

d t

o t

he

Po

rtu

gu

ese

d

em

on

str

ative

, a

re t

he

sim

ilari

tie

s d

ue

to

‘u

niv

ers

al p

ara

me

ters

’ o

r to

th

e in

flu

en

ce

of

Po

rtu

gu

ese

?

A lo

t o

f qu

estio

ns…