(Komi-Permyak)

AttrDiff

AttrDiff: The three functions are expressed using three distinct morphosyntactic strategies. This is known as complete differentiation.

(1)śödoj
darknight
’dark night’ (L. P.)

(2)kuimmort
threeman
’three men’ (L. P.)

(3)nasta-lönpań
NastyaGENspoon
’Nastya’s spoon’ (L. P.)

(4)sylönkerku(-ys)
(s)he.GENhouse(3SG)
’his/her house’ (L. P.)

(5)gort-ynker-ömsur
homeINEmakePTCP.PSTbeer
’home-made beer’ (L. P.)

In Komi-Permyak adjectival (1) and numeral (2) modification is typically unmarked (Bartens 2000: 130). Nominal (3) and pronominal (4) possessives are obligatorily marked with marking on the head noun being optional (4) (Ponomareva 2010). In verb-based relative clauses the verb appears in a participle form (5) (Bartens 2000).

Author: Nikolett F. Gulyás


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