(Udmurt)

NoNNCaseAgr & NNCaseAgr

NoNNCaseAgr: Case agreement exists, but it does not apply in the case of head nouns and their noun adjuncts.

NNCaseAgr: The nominal adjunct has the same form as the head noun (full agreement).

(1)dyšetskiś-josugkyška-loMatvejevďirektor-leś,ugośzarńi
studentPLNEG.3PLfear3PLMatvejevdirectorABLasgold
śulemoaďami.
heartedman
’The students are not afraid of director Matvejev, as he is a golden-hearted man.’ (Salánki 2007: 168)

(2)dyšetskiś-josugkyška-loďirektor-leś Matvejev-leś,ugoś
studentPLNEG.3PLfear3PLdirectorABLMatvejevABLas
zarńiśulemoaďami.
goldheartedman
’The students are not afraid of director Matvejev as he is a golden-hearted man.’ (Salánki 2007: 168)

In the Udmurt literary language nominal adjuncts do not agree in case form with the head noun. In spoken language and the language of the media, however, case agreement frequently takes place (Kelmakov 2003: 16–18, Salánki 2007: 167–169); in the latter case the modifier follows the head noun (2). Case agreement between the head noun and a proper noun (together with the accompanying inverted order) may be the result of Russian influence (Salánki 2007: 167).

Author: Erika Asztalos


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