Comparative Concept: echo strategy (str)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
echo strategy (str)
| Typ | strategy (def) |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | echo strategy |
| Assoziiert | |
| Spraakbanken | echo strategy (str) |
Umbrella
Hierarchy
Definition
a strategy for the polarity response construction in which the answer to a polarity question repeats part of the question. Example: in Welsh, the answers to the polarity question A welwch chwi hwy? [q see you them] 'Do you see them?' are either Gwelaf 'I see (them)' or Na gwelaf 'I don't see (them)'. (Section 12.3.3)