(Komi-Permyak)

RelPro & CorrelPro & RCnonS

RelPro: Subject-headed relative clauses include both the nominal head of the relative clause in the main clause and an obligatory coreferential pronoun in the relative clause. The pronoun is marked as the subject of the relative clause, while the nominal head is marked for the role it plays in the main clause.

CorrelPro: Subject-headed relative clauses obligatorily include both the nominal head in the relative clause and either the same noun or a more generic term in the main clause.

RCnonS: While the nominal head of a subject-headed relative clause can be understood to be the subject of the clause, this role is not marked grammatically; instead, the noun is only marked for its syntactic role in the main clause.

(1)metöd-asur-ösju-iśmort-sö.
IknowPRS.1SGbeerACC.1SGdrinkPTCP.PRSmanACC.3SG
’I know the man drinking my beer.’ (L. P.)

(2)metöd-amort-sö,kinju-ösur-ös.
IknowPRS.1SGmanACC.3SGwhodrinkPRS.3SGbeerACC.1SG
’I know the man who is drinking my beer.’ (L. P.)

(3)metöd-amort-sö,ködaju-ösur-ös.
IknowPRS.1SGmanACC.3SGwhichdrinkPRS.3SGbeerACC.1SG
’I know the man who is drinking my beer.’ (L. P.)

(4)ködamortju-ösur-ös,sijömetöd-a
whichmandrinkPRS.3SGbeerACC.1SGhe.ACCIknowPRS.1SG
öďďönbura.
verywell
’That man drinking my beer, I know him very well.’ (L. P.)

In Komi-Permyak, relative clauses can be expressed using a participle clause (1), or clauses introduced by the relative pronoun kin ’who’ or köda ’who, which’ (2)–(4). In participle clauses the head noun appears in the form determined by its role in the main clause. Relative pronouns are marked for their syntactic role in the relative clause (a subject role in examples (2)–(4)). The main clause can contain a pronoun when the head noun is in the relative clause (4). The form of such pronouns is determined by their role in the main clause (L. P.).

Author: Nikolett F. Gulyás


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