Comments on: GURT http://noncompositional.com/2007/03/gurt/ Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:04:39 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Russell http://noncompositional.com/2007/03/gurt/comment-page-1/#comment-11267 Russell Mon, 19 Mar 2007 05:36:43 +0000 http://noncompositional.com/2007/03/gurt/#comment-11267 <p>Hmm...well, I missed that one (I suppose it was by the person from the Univ. of SF). I guess "nanka" is used as a filler in Japanese conversation, but I don't think it can be used as a quotative. Impressionistically, its use is similar to the filler "like" in English; but that might just be my exposure to non-native speakers trying to use it as a filler.</p> <p>However, I have heard from another source that in the Netherlands and Spain, there is something very similar to quotative "like," but I don't have the exact data now.</p> Hmm…well, I missed that one (I suppose it was by the person from the Univ. of SF). I guess “nanka” is used as a filler in Japanese conversation, but I don’t think it can be used as a quotative. Impressionistically, its use is similar to the filler “like” in English; but that might just be my exposure to non-native speakers trying to use it as a filler.

However, I have heard from another source that in the Netherlands and Spain, there is something very similar to quotative “like,” but I don’t have the exact data now.

]]> By: The Ridger http://noncompositional.com/2007/03/gurt/comment-page-1/#comment-11204 The Ridger Fri, 16 Mar 2007 09:17:38 +0000 http://noncompositional.com/2007/03/gurt/#comment-11204 <p>One of my colleagues went, and he said "someone from California" gave a talk on "like" in which she claimed that the various usages were generalized across languages - he remembered "nanka" in Japanese and "genre" in French being mentioned, among others, as quotatives. Except it strikes both of us as unlikely. But he didn't remember who she was.</p> One of my colleagues went, and he said “someone from California” gave a talk on “like” in which she claimed that the various usages were generalized across languages – he remembered “nanka” in Japanese and “genre” in French being mentioned, among others, as quotatives. Except it strikes both of us as unlikely. But he didn’t remember who she was.

]]> By: Russell http://noncompositional.com/2007/03/gurt/comment-page-1/#comment-11183 Russell Thu, 15 Mar 2007 07:31:07 +0000 http://noncompositional.com/2007/03/gurt/#comment-11183 <p>There was such a talk? I saw the talk by Leslie Cochrane on methods of disambiguation of "be like," but it was all English.</p> There was such a talk? I saw the talk by Leslie Cochrane on methods of disambiguation of “be like,” but it was all English.

]]> By: The Ridger http://noncompositional.com/2007/03/gurt/comment-page-1/#comment-11176 The Ridger Wed, 14 Mar 2007 15:00:43 +0000 http://noncompositional.com/2007/03/gurt/#comment-11176 <p>What's your take on that paper on quotative like (be like, more accurately) in other languages?</p> What’s your take on that paper on quotative like (be like, more accurately) in other languages?

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