tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13177437.post3990609336330809578..comments2024-03-23T01:31:13.502+01:00Comments on Jabal al-Lughat: Bilingual suppletion comes from selection conflicts: Supporting evidence from PichiLameen Souag الأمين سواقhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00773164776222840428noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13177437.post-79281439861608816012018-08-20T22:54:11.786+02:002018-08-20T22:54:11.786+02:00Yes, those examples are much better.Yes, those examples are much better.Hanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10929065286701743522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13177437.post-31084122566766489402018-08-20T14:25:39.986+02:002018-08-20T14:25:39.986+02:00There are several other examples, of which the bes...There are several other examples, of which the best seems to be:<br /><br />Dì ɔda man tɛl mi se dɛ̀ n dɔn bay veinte sacos<br />The other man told me that they had bought twenty bags<br /><br />The others all seem to involve time measures:<br />À tink we è se è dɔn dè go rich gɛt treinta y ocho años naw<br />Ɛ̀f yù gɛt fɔ̀ baja diez veces<br />Yù jɔs gɛt wan diecisiete años<br /><br />Lameen Souag الأمين سواقhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00773164776222840428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13177437.post-81206667453264434382018-08-19T17:54:54.021+02:002018-08-19T17:54:54.021+02:00(Seeing that an entire phrase is involved, this ma...(Seeing that an entire phrase is involved, this may also be a case of code switching.)Hanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10929065286701743522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13177437.post-37018249409470748402018-08-19T17:51:35.643+02:002018-08-19T17:51:35.643+02:00Is this the only example in the entire grammar? Th...Is this the only example in the entire grammar? Then I also wouldn't want to build too much on it. Additionally to what you noted, this is actually loaning an entire phrase from Spanish ("a los quinze años" - are "a" as a preposition and use of the Spanish article otherwise attested in Pichi?), and the age in itself, 15 years, is culturally significant for girls in at least parts of the Spanish-speaking world (the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quincea%C3%B1era" rel="nofollow">Quinceañera</a>), so this may even be a set phrase.Hanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10929065286701743522noreply@blogger.com