(Meadow Mari)

PT–R + NoVAgr

PT–R: The objects of monotransitive and ditransitive verbs are marked the same way; the recipient is marked differently.

NoVAgr: The verb does not display agreement with P, T, or R.

(1)kaťakofe-mnal-eš.
KatyacoffeeACCbuy3SG
’Katya buys coffee.’ (Riese et al. 2022: 276)

(2)rvezetud-lanpeledəš-əmpu-a.
boy(s)heDATflowerACCgive3SG
’The boy gives him/her flowers.’ (T. E.)

In Meadow Mari, objects of monotransitive (1) and ditransitive (2) verbs are encoded the same way, with the -m suffix. Pronominal recipient arguments of ditransitive verbs have a different marker, the dative -lan suffix. The verb does not agree with any of these three functions.

Author: Bogáta Timár


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