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

[Jorge Emilio Rosés Labrada]

Dear Alan (if I may),

Thank you for your reply to my question and for the reference. I will make
sure to look into Jarawara and the other Arawá languages.

Regards,
Jorge


On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 11:53 AM, Alan Vogel <alan_vogel at sil.org> wrote:

>
>
>  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 <jorge.emilio17 at gmail.com>
> *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-k**ɨk*
>> *ɨd-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
>>
>>  
>



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