possessive non-marking

[Elena Maslova]

> Are there any languages that mark neither possessor nor
possessee in a
> possessive construction? That is, does anybody say MANUEL
FATHER to mean
> Manuel's father? (And languages that case-mark one of the NPs
don't count.)
>
> I suppose a pattern like I FATHER 'my father' would be
eligible, too, if
> the pronoun isn't case-marked, though if the NP-NP structure is
marked in
> some way, mention that too.


Yes. In the Yukaghir languages, this is the only option if the
possessee is pronominal, and one of the options (in fact, the
most common one) in the NP-NP structure.



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