(Meadow Mari)

Nom

Nom: Two categories are distinguished from a morphosyntactic perspective: 1. [Sa, Snona, Aa and Anona]; 2. [P]. This type is known as nominative or nominative–accusative.

(1)mašapij-vlakdečlüd-eš.
MashadogPLfrombe_afraid3SG
’Masha is afraid of dogs.’ (A. S.)

(2)mašamöŋg-eškaj-a.
MashahomeLATgo3SG
’Masha goes home.’ (A. S.)

(3)mašamör-əmpog-a.
MashastrawberryACCgather3SG
’Masha picks strawberries.’ (A. S.)

(4)mašaandrej-əmjörat-a.
MashaAndreyACClove3SG
’Masha loves Andrey.’ (A. S.)

In Meadow Mari, the nominal S/A arguments of both intransitive (1)–(2) and transitive verbs (3)–(4) have nominative case, while the P arguments of transitive verbs are accusative (3)–(4).

Author: Bogáta Timár


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