[lit-ideas] Re: vocative particles
- From: Ceridwen Harris <cmharris@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 14:51:32 -0500
Just wondered if you would include 'Hi' in your list of vocative wotsits -
Many years ago I knew an elderly lady from Northumberland, a farmers wife,
who could maintain long conversations just by murmuring mm-hm with variant
inflections at interludes during a conversation, an the occasional "uh-uh
hinny!". One came away convinced one had had a long and fruitful exchange
with her and yet she never really said anything...I guess these are
evocatives not vocatives...
Best
Ceri
PS lovely to see you back again Mirembe -
At 12:53 PM 29/01/2005, you wrote:
>Forgot to ask:
>
> > What troubles me about Mirembe's list of 'English' vocative particles is
>
>Why 'English' rather than just English, O Robert?
>
>MN
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