(Komi-Permyak)

GenPoss

GenPoss: The possessor, whether noun or pronoun, precedes the possessed noun.

(1)nasta-lönkerkulözröm-a.
Nastyagenhousebluecolouradj
’Nastya’s house is blue.’ (L. P.)

(2)sylönkerkulözröm-a.
(s)he.genhousebluecolouradj
’His/her house is blue.’ (L. P.)

In Komi-Permyak both nominal (1) and pronominal (2) possessors precede the possessed noun (cf. Bartens 2000: 344, Ponomareva 2010: 56, F. Gulyás et al. 2018).

Author: Nikolett F. Gulyás


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