(Meadow Mari)

NoAdjAgr

NoAdjAgr: Although other elements in the noun phrase can display agreement with the noun, adjectives cannot.

(1)lümlöjeŋ
famousman
’famous man’ (Kangasmaa-Minn 1998: 237)

(2)lümlöjeŋ-vlak
famousmanPL
’famous men’ (Kangasmaa-Minn 1998: 237)

(3)tidelümlöjeŋ
thisfamousman
’this famous man’ (T. E.)

(4)ninelümlöjeŋ-vlak
this.PLfamousmanPL
’these famous men’ (T. E.)

In Meadow Mari neither adnominal nor predicative adjectives show agreement with the noun.

Author: Bogáta Timár


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