Marking of possessor and A and/or S with the same set of affixes

[Alan Vogel]

Yes Jorge, a language that fits the profile you mentioned is Jarawara, and I believe all the languages of the Arawá family are this way. For Jarawara, see RMW Dixon, The Jarawara Language of Southern Amazonia (2004).

Alan Vogel
SIL-Brasil

From: Jorge Emilio Rosés Labrada 
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2014 11:09 AM
To: etnolinguistica at yahoogrupos.com.br 
Subject: [etnolinguistica] Re: Marking of possessor and A and/or S with the same set of affixes

  

  ***Apologies for cross-postings***

  Dear everyone, 


  Mako [wpc] employs the same set of affixes to mark the possessor on the possessed noun (See example (1) below) and to mark the A and the S on the verb (See examples (2) and (3) below). I was wondering if you were familiar with other languages that share this feature (i.e., same set of markers for nominal possession and verbal subject marking) and could let me know. I am particularly interested in Amazonian languages (especially languages from the North West Amazon) but information on any language will be most welcome. 

  Thanks in advance for your help. Best,

  Jorge 


  1) ʧɨ-bahale

      1sg-eye

      'my eye'

  2) ileka      ʧɨ-kɨkɨd-obe

      cassava  1sg-dry-TAM

      'I dry cassava'

  3) ʧɨ̃-hãmat-obe

       1sg-stand_up-TAM

       'I stand up/get up'

  -- 
  Jorge Emilio Rosés Labrada
  PhD candidate & Vanier Canada Graduate Scholar
  Department of French Studies (Linguistics)
  University of Western Ontario


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