GB432
This feature targets a specific type of adnominal possessive construction, namely one where a possessor (either nominal or pronominal) is marked with a suffix or enclitic to indicate possession of an object. This frequently takes the form of a genitive suffix on a possessor, but may also involve other types of suffixes or enclitics. Crucially, the possession must be marked by an element that follows and is phonologically bound to the possessor noun/pronoun.
- Code 1 if there is an adnominal possessive construction marked by an element which is phonologically bound to the possessor noun phrase or pronoun, and which follows that noun/pronoun.
- Code 0 if there is no adnominal possession construction in which a suffix or enclitic on the possessor noun/pronoun functions to mark possession.
- Code 0 if the only relevant adnominal possession construction is marked by tone alone, not by a suffix or enclitic.
Southeastern Pomo (ISO 639-3: pom, Glottolog: sout2982)
Possession is marked by a suffix -it on the possessor, and in the case of alienable possession an additional suffix -baq, which indicates that the relationship between possessor and possessum is alienable. Southeastern Pomo would be coded 1.
a. hayut xin
hayu-it xin
dog-POSS name
‘the dog’s name’ (Moshinsky 1974: 95)
b. bṭedit xal
bṭed-it xal
woman-POSS arm
‘the woman’s arm’ (Moshinsky 1974: 95)
c. hayutbaq ca
hayu-it-baq ca
dog-POSS-ALIEN house
‘the dog’s house’ (Moshinsky 1974: 95)
d. Ɂuyitbaq ca
Ɂuyi-it-baq ca
3SG-POSS-ALIEN house
‘his house’ (Moshinsky 1974: 95)
Wappo (ISO 639-3: wao, Glottolog: wapp1239)
Wappo expresses alienable possession by marking the possessor noun or pronoun with a genitive suffix.
a. me-meɁ chipe tu:nikuɁ
2SG-GEN red dress
‘your red dress’ (Thompson et al. 2014: 9)
b. k'ew-meɁ k'ešu
man-GEN meat
‘the man’s meat’ (Thompson et al. 2014: 14)
Wappo would be coded 1 because this genitive suffix marks possessive relationships and is phonologically bound to the right of the possessor noun.
Aikhenvald, Alexandra Y. & R. M. W. Dixon (eds). 2013. Possession and ownership: A cross-linguistic typology. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Baron, Irène, Michael Herslund & Finn Sørensen (eds). 2001. Dimensions of possession. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Moshinsky, Julius. 1974. A grammar of Southeastern Pomo. (University of California Publications in Linguistics, 72.) Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press.
Thompson, Sandra A., Joseph Sung-Yul Park & Charles N. Li. 2014. A reference grammar of Wappo. (University of California Publications in Linguistics 138). Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press.
- GB065 What is the pragmatically unmarked order of adnominal possessor and possessed noun?
- GB430 Can adnominal possession be marked by a prefix on the possessor?
- GB431 Can adnominal possession be marked by a prefix on the possessed noun?
- GB433 Can adnominal possession be marked by a suffix on the possessed noun?
Hannah J. Haynie