Recycling through perspective persistence in Monsang (Trans-Himalayan)
Reconstructing the desiderative from a reported intentionality construction
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20395910 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Linda Konnerth (0009-0009-1917-2180, University of Regensburg, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 55-77 |
| Publication date | 2020-04-15 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Functions of Language (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0929-998X • E-ISSN: 1569-9765 |
| Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1075/fol.20002.kon |
| OpenAlex | W3005211743 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 19 |
In a reported intentionality construction, intentionality is expressed as reported speech/thought (‘s/he says/thinks, ’). The quoted clause must contain a first person form and refer to the future. Reported intentionality displays perspective persistence and an accompanying apparent form-meaning mismatch, as it structurally marks the speech-act participant perspective of the volitional agent despite idiomatically translating only from the perspective of the current speaker. While this construction has been examined in languages around the world, this is the first treatment for the Trans-Himalayan (or Sino-Tibetan/Tibeto-Burman) language family. Monsang (South-Central; Northeast India) is shown to have a reported intentionality construction of the cross-linguistic type. In addition, there is a desiderative construction in the language that does not display perspective persistence but is argued to reconstruct back to a reported intentionality construction. Further evidence from synchronic and diachronic quotative constructions in Monsang is presented that illustrates the prominence of quotative-derived expressions of intentionality in Monsang verbal morphology
Epistemology · Intentionality · Linguistics · Sociology · Computer Science · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy · Psychology · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation · Artificial Intelligence
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