(Komi-Permyak)
NoAdjAgr / AdjNumAgr
NoAdjAgr: Although other elements in the noun phrase can display agreement with the noun, adjectives cannot.
AdjNumAgr: Adnominal adjectives display agreement with the noun only in terms of number, although the noun is also marked in terms of other features.
| (1) | basök | nyvka |
|---|
| pretty | girl |
| ’pretty girl’ (L. P.) |
| (2) | basök | nyvka-ez |
|---|
| pretty | girl‑PL |
| ’pretty girls’ (L. P.) |
| (3) | basök | nyvka-ez-lö |
|---|
| pretty | girl‑PL‑DAT |
| ’to pretty girls’ (L. P.) |
| (4) | eta | nyvka |
|---|
| this | girl |
| ’this girl’ (L. P.) |
| (5) | e(t)na | nyvka-ez |
|---|
| this.PL | girl‑PL |
| ’these girls’ (nom.) (L. P.) |
| (6) | e(t)nö | nyvka-e-sö |
|---|
| this.PL.ACC | girl‑PL‑ACC.3SG |
| ’these girls’ (acc.) (L. P.) |
| (7) | basök-öś | nyvka-ez |
|---|
| pretty‑PL | girl‑PL |
| ’pretty girls’ (L. P.) |
| (8) | basök-öś | nyvka-ez-liś |
|---|
| szép‑PL | lány‑PL‑ABL |
| ’from pretty girls’ (L. P.) |
In Komi-Permyak, adnominal adjectives do not agree with the noun either in number (2) or case (3) (Bartens 2000: 130), unlike demonstrative pronouns used as determiners (4), which can be marked for both number (5) and case (6). More recently, however, due to the influence of Russian, adnominal adjectives sporadically show number agreement (7)–(8) (Ponomareva 2010: 52).
Author: Nikolett F. Gulyás
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