Non-canonical possessive constructions in Negidal and other Tungusic languages: a new analysis of the so-called “alienable possession” suffix
A distinction between inalienable and alienable possession is considered to be crosslinguistically common. For the Tungusic languages, it is generally illustrated with examples that contrast inherently possessed body parts with body parts belonging to a non-inherent possessor, with the latter being...
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ftccsdartic:oai:HAL:hal-04286682v1 2023-12-24T10:25:27+01:00 Non-canonical possessive constructions in Negidal and other Tungusic languages: a new analysis of the so-called “alienable possession” suffix Aralova, Natalia Pakendorf, Brigitte Institut für Slavistik, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel Dynamique Du Langage (DDL) Université Lumière - Lyon 2 (UL2)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) 2023 https://hal.univ-lyon2.fr/hal-04286682 https://hal.univ-lyon2.fr/hal-04286682/document https://hal.univ-lyon2.fr/hal-04286682/file/Aralova_Pakendorf_2023_in-alienability_Negidal_Linguistics.pdf https://doi.org/10.1515/ling-2022-0030 en eng HAL CCSD De Gruyter info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1515/ling-2022-0030 hal-04286682 https://hal.univ-lyon2.fr/hal-04286682 https://hal.univ-lyon2.fr/hal-04286682/document https://hal.univ-lyon2.fr/hal-04286682/file/Aralova_Pakendorf_2023_in-alienability_Negidal_Linguistics.pdf doi:10.1515/ling-2022-0030 info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess ISSN: 0024-3949 EISSN: 1613-396X Linguistics https://hal.univ-lyon2.fr/hal-04286682 Linguistics, 2023, 61, pp.1563 - 1592. ⟨10.1515/ling-2022-0030⟩ associative possession inalienable-alienable distinction possessive classes Siberia Tungusic [SCCO.LING]Cognitive science/Linguistics info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2023 ftccsdartic https://doi.org/10.1515/ling-2022-0030 2023-11-25T23:40:33Z A distinction between inalienable and alienable possession is considered to be crosslinguistically common. For the Tungusic languages, it is generally illustrated with examples that contrast inherently possessed body parts with body parts belonging to a non-inherent possessor, with the latter being formally marked with a suffix-ŋ(V). However, as we argue here for Negidal (Northern Tungusic), rather than marking 'alienable' or 'indirect' possession, the suffix-ŋ(i) flags the occurrence of non-canonical possessive constructions; the supposedly straightforward interpretation of the oft-cited examples involving body parts is merely a secondary effect of the particular kind of non-canonical construction involved. This analysis unifies the diverse constructions in which-ŋ(i) occurs, namely with obligatorily possessed body parts, with non-possessible items such as nouns denoting humans or environment terms as well as demonstratives or adjectives, and with other modifiers when the possessee is elided. We complement our investigation with the analysis of the cognate suffix-ŋi, whose main function is to mark the possessor in possessive constructions with an elided head. The function of both suffixes can thus be subsumed under the marking of non-canonical possessive constructions. This analysis can be extended to several Tungusic languages, as the comparison with Negidal's sister languages shows. Article in Journal/Newspaper Tungusic languages Siberia Archive ouverte HAL (Hyper Article en Ligne, CCSD - Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) Linguistics 61 6 1563 1592 |
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A distinction between inalienable and alienable possession is considered to be crosslinguistically common. For the Tungusic languages, it is generally illustrated with examples that contrast inherently possessed body parts with body parts belonging to a non-inherent possessor, with the latter being formally marked with a suffix-ŋ(V). However, as we argue here for Negidal (Northern Tungusic), rather than marking 'alienable' or 'indirect' possession, the suffix-ŋ(i) flags the occurrence of non-canonical possessive constructions; the supposedly straightforward interpretation of the oft-cited examples involving body parts is merely a secondary effect of the particular kind of non-canonical construction involved. This analysis unifies the diverse constructions in which-ŋ(i) occurs, namely with obligatorily possessed body parts, with non-possessible items such as nouns denoting humans or environment terms as well as demonstratives or adjectives, and with other modifiers when the possessee is elided. We complement our investigation with the analysis of the cognate suffix-ŋi, whose main function is to mark the possessor in possessive constructions with an elided head. The function of both suffixes can thus be subsumed under the marking of non-canonical possessive constructions. This analysis can be extended to several Tungusic languages, as the comparison with Negidal's sister languages shows. |
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Non-canonical possessive constructions in Negidal and other Tungusic languages: a new analysis of the so-called “alienable possession” suffix |
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Non-canonical possessive constructions in Negidal and other Tungusic languages: a new analysis of the so-called “alienable possession” suffix |
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Non-canonical possessive constructions in Negidal and other Tungusic languages: a new analysis of the so-called “alienable possession” suffix |
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Non-canonical possessive constructions in Negidal and other Tungusic languages: a new analysis of the so-called “alienable possession” suffix |
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Non-canonical possessive constructions in Negidal and other Tungusic languages: a new analysis of the so-called “alienable possession” suffix |
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