On adjoined possessors
External and internal possessors differ from each other in several properties. In contrast to internal possessors, external possessors do not form a constituent with the possessed noun and can participate in clause-level processes such as verb agreement and switch-reference. In this squib, we discus...
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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MIT Press
2021
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| Online Access: | https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/31828/ https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/31828/1/accepted-barany-nikolaeva-on-adjoined-possessors%20%281%29.pdf |
| Summary: | External and internal possessors differ from each other in several properties. In contrast to internal possessors, external possessors do not form a constituent with the possessed noun and can participate in clause-level processes such as verb agreement and switch-reference. In this squib, we discuss “intermediate” possessors with both internal and external properties. In Tundra Nenets (Uralic), such possessors form a syntactic constituent with the possessed noun but show different types of clause-level behavior. They can bind and control out of their host DP and participate in an obviation system, a consequence of the possessor being adjoined to the host DP. |
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