Corrigendum to: Natalia Evseeva and Iker Salaberri. October 2018. Grammaticalization of nouns meaning “head” into reflexive markers: A cross-linguistic study. Linguistic Typology. Volume 22, Issue 3, pages 385–435. (https://doi.org/10.1515/lingty-2018-0014):
There are a number of errors concerning some Northwest Caucasian languages in this paper. We are grateful to Peter Arkadiev for pointing these out to us.
For the reader’s convenience, the corrected Table 2 that contained errors for the Northwest Caucasian languages is provided below.
Languages whose reflexive strategy originates in a noun denoting “head”.
| Language | Marker | Status | Alternative strategy | Reconstructed form | Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abaza | qa | Independent marker | Prefix čə- | None | EuAs |
| Abkhaz | xə | Independent marker | Prefix čə- with verbs other than “to like” and “to eat” | None | EuAs |
| Adyghe (West Circassian, Shapsug dialect) | çh̩e | Independent marker | Prefix zə- | Proto-Circassian *śḥa- “head” | EuAs |
| Amharic | ras | Noun | None | Proto-Semitic *ra’s “head” | Af |
| Angolar | n'tê | Noun | Noun ôngê “body” | None | Af |
| Awngi | NiNara-sa | Noun | None | None | Af |
| Bahamian Creole | head | Noun | None | English head | NAm |
| Bamun (Shupamem) | tú ŋwát “head-body” | Noun | Noun ŋwát “body” | None | Af |
| Basque | buru | Noun | Detransitivization | None | EuAs |
| Batsbi (Tsova-Tush) | kort | Noun | Case-inflected pers. pronouns | Proto-Nakh-Daghestan *kort- “head” | EuAs |
| Ben Tey Dogon (Beni Dogon) | kû: | Noun | Case-inflected pers. pron. (1st, 2nd pers.), refl. pron. á, â: “self” (3rd pers.) | None | Af |
| Bunoge Dogon | kò | Noun | None | None | Af |
| Cape Verdean Creole of Brava | kabesa | Noun | None | Portuguese cabeça “head” | Af |
| Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago Island (Kabuverdiano) | cabeça, kabɛsa | Noun | None | Portuguese cabeça “head” | Af |
| Cape Verdean Creole of São Vicente | kabésa | Noun | None | Portuguese cabeça “head” | Af |
| Casamancese Creole (Sorosoro, Ziguinchor) | kabesa | Noun | None | Portuguese cabeça “head” | Af |
| Dime | mát | Noun | None | None | Af |
| Diola (Dyola, Diola-Fogni, Jola) | huko | Noun | None | None | Af |
| Dogul Dom Dogon | kî:g, kí:gù | Noun | Verbal reflexive | None | Af |
| Donno So (Kamma So) | kû: | Noun | Verbal reflexive, refl. pron. sama “self” | None | Af |
| Eastern Oromo (Harar) | mataa | Noun | Verbal reflexive, pron. if(i) “self, own” | None | Af |
| Erzya (Mordvin) | prä | Noun | Verbal reflexive | None | EuAs |
| Figuig | ixf | Noun | Verbal reflexive, emph. pron. iman “soul” | Proto-Berber *e-qăf, *e-ɣăf “head” | Af |
| Georgian | tavi | Noun | Verbal reflexive | Proto-Kartvelian *taw- “head” | Eu |
| Guinea-Bissau Creole (Kriyol) | kabesa | Noun | None | Portuguese cabeça “head” | Af |
| Guruntum-Mbaaru | gaŋ | Noun | Except for 1. sg, pron. àni/àaŋ “head” | None | Af |
| Haitian Creole French (Northern, Southern, Western) | tèt | Noun | Noun ko “body” | French tête “head” | NAm |
| Hassaniyya Arabic | ṛāṣ | Noun | None | Proto-Semitic *ra’s “head” | Af |
| Hausa | kâi, kaì | Noun | None | Proto-West Chadic *kwal- “head’ | Af |
| Humburi Senni (Central Songhay) | bòŋ | Noun | None | None | Af |
| Kabardian (East Circassian) | ɕḥe | Independent marker | Inceptive aff. -q'ə-, za-, žə-, pron. yazə “self” | Proto-Circassian *śḥa- “head” | EuAs |
| Kanuri (Central Kanuri) | kəla | Noun | Verbal reflexive, noun ro “life” | None | Af |
| K’emant (Agaw, Qemant) | -aghoy, -aɤʷäy | Noun | None | None | Af |
| Koyra Chiini | bomo | Noun | Emph. noun huneyno “body” | None | Af |
| Koyraboro Senni | boŋ | Noun | Emph. noun hundey “body” | None | Af |
| Kunama | ana | Noun | None | None | Af |
| Kwaami | kúu | Noun | None | Proto-West Chadic *kwal- “head” | Af |
| Laz (Arhavi dialect) | ti | Noun | Verbal reflexive, pron. muk “what” | Proto-Kartvelian *taw- “head” | EuAs |
| Lele | cà | Noun | None | None | Af |
| Limbum | tu | Noun | Noun nyor “body” with verb sù’si “to wash” | None | Af |
| Louisiana Creole French | la tête | Noun | None | French la tête “the head” | NAm |
| Maasina Fulfulde (Fulani, Fulfulde) | hoore | Noun | In plurals, noun ko'e “head” | None | Af |
| Marghi | kə́r | Noun | Noun údzú “body” | None | Af |
| Mauritian Creole (Rodriguan Creole French) | latet | Noun | None | French la tête “the head” | Af |
| Megrelian | dudi | Noun | Verbal reflexive, pron. muk “what” | Proto-Kartvelian *dud- “summit” | EuAs |
| Mina (Kposo) | tàláŋ | Noun | Noun ksə̀m “body” | None | Af |
| Miya | ghàm | Noun | Noun áakaayi “head”, calque of Hausa kâi | None | Af |
| Moksha (Mordvin) | prä | Noun | Verbal reflexive | None | EuAs |
| Moroccan Arabic | ṛāṣ | Noun | None | Proto-Semitic *ra’s “head” | Af |
| Najamba-Kindige (Najamba dialect) | kî: | Noun | None | None | Af |
| Nicaraguan Creole English | hed | Noun | None | English head | NAm |
| Ouargli (Ouargla) | ixf, iɣef | Noun | Verbal reflexive | Proto-Berber *e-qăf, *e-ɣăf “head” | Af |
| Parkwa | mudára, mudárə | Noun | None | None | Af |
| Penange | kó: | Noun | None | None | Af |
| Pero | kó | Noun | Noun cíg “body’ | Proto-West Chadic *kwal- “head” | Af |
| Pichi (Fernando Po Creole English) | hed | Noun | Nouns sɛf “self”, skin “body” and bɔdi “body” | English head | Af |
| Principense Creole (Lung'ie) | kabese | Noun | Noun igbê “body” | Portuguese cabeça “head” | Af |
| Pulaar (Fulacunda, Toucouleur) | koye | Noun | None | None | Af |
| Sereer (Sérèr) | xoox | Noun | Verbal reflexive -u, -oox | None | Af |
| Soninké | í- | Affix | Emph. noun yínmé “head” | None | Af |
| Svan | txwim | Noun | Verbal reflexive, demonstr. ǯa | Proto-Kartvelian *txem- “tip” | EuAs |
| Tashelhiyt (Tachelhit, Susiua) | ixf | Noun | Verbal reflexive, noun agaiu “head” | Proto-Berber *e-qăf, *e-ɣăf “head” | Af |
| Tamazight (Central) | ixf | Noun | Verbal reflexive | Proto-Berber *e-qăf, *e-ɣăf “head” | Af |
| Tamazight (Southern) | ixf | Noun | Verbal reflexive | Proto-Berber *e-qăf, *e-ɣăf “head” | Af |
| Tarifiyt | ixef | Noun | Verbal reflexive, detrans. aff. n(u)-, recipr./pass./emph. aff. (e)m(l)- | Proto-Berber *e-qăf, *e-ɣăf “head” | Af |
| Tigre | ra’as | Noun | None | Proto-Semitic *ra’s “head” | Af |
| Tigrinya | r’èsi | Noun | Noun näfsi “soul” | Proto-Semitic *ra’s “head” | Af |
| Tok Pisin | yet | Noun | Verbal reflexive | English head | Oc |
| Tommo So Dogon | kúú | Noun | None | None | Af |
| Toro Tegu Dogon (Tabi mountain dialect) | kú | Noun | None | None | Af |
| Ubykh | g'a, gä | Affix/Independent marker | Prefix za- “self” with verbs other than “to like” and “to eat” | None | EuAs |
| Wolof | bob, bopp | Noun | None | None | Af |
| Yanda Dom Dogon | kó: | Noun | Case-inflected pers. pron. (1st, 2nd pers.), refl. pron. á “self” (3rd pers.) | None | Af |
| Zenaga | iʔf | Noun | Verbal reflexive | Proto-Berber *e-qăf, *e-ɣăf “head” | Af |
| !Xun (W2 dialect) | 'nǀē | Noun | Noun ǀ'ē “body” | None | Af |
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