(Komi-Permyak)

AdpNNonPM / AdpN(PM)

AdpNNonPM: Person marking cannot be expressed on nominal adpositions.

AdpN(PM): Person marking is optional for adpositions when they appear with nouns.

(1)pyzanbok-yn
tablesideINE
’next to the table’ (L. P.)

(2)pyzan-öbok-yn
table1SGsideINE
’next to my table’ (L. P.)

(3)pyzanbok-a-m
tablesideINE1SG
’next to my table’ (L. P.)

(4)urok-myponda
class1PLfor
’for our class’ (L. P.)

In Komi-Permyak, adpositions usually cannot be marked for person, but some – primarily those expressing genuine spatial relationships (1)–(3) – can, in case the nouns they are associated with express possession (3). If the adposition cannot be marked for person, their nominal complements will be marked. (4) (Batalova 2002: 114–119).

Author: Nikolett F. Gulyás


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