Inquiry: Unmarked Possessives (various LCTLs) (fwd)

[Nicoletta Romeo]

Joost

In Burmese,  juxtaposition is the commonest option to mark possession with
animate (non-human) and inanimate possessors/referents, ie:

            dog head
            table leg

Best regards

Nicoletta Romeo
Dept. Linguistics
University of Sydney

Yuphaphann Hoonchamlong wrote:

> Date:  Thu, 10 May 2001 14:40:33 +0200
> From:  Joost Kremers <j.kremers at let.kun.nl>
> Subject:  Unmarked possessives
>
> Hello all,
>
> There are apparently languages that do not mark possessives in any
> way. They simply juxtapose two nouns to express possession. So for
> example to express "John's car", they would say either "car John" or
> "John car".
>
> I am looking for references to any studies dealing with this
> phenomenon, either in specific languages or in general. I would also
> be very grateful if anyone could tell me about languages that use this
> structure, because so far I have only found a very few cases.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Joost Kremers
>
> Joost Kremers, M.A.
>
> University of Nijmegen
> Department of Languages and Cultures of the Middle-East
>
> PO Box 9103
> 6500 HD Nijmegen
> tel: 024-3612996
> fax: 024-3611972
>
> http://joostkremers.nijmegennet.nl