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

[Francoise Rose]

Dear Jorge,

 

This is in fact quite frequent, due to the similar origin of possessor indexes and argument indexes in the same set of independent pronominals.

 

Dixon and Aikhenvald (1999) state about Amazonian languages that "the bound pronominal forms marking a possessor within an NP are typically the same as one of the bound pronominal paradigms for marking core arguments of a clause."

 

Possessor may be indexed like P (Tupi-Guarani, Jê, Cf. Emerillon examples below), or like A (Arawak, cf. Mojeño examples below).

 

Emérillon (Tupi-Guarani, French Guyana)

(1)               a-nupã                                                                                                                                  

1sg.I-hit

            'I hit him.'

 

(2)               zawa‰ e-su¿u                                              

         dog        1sg.II-bite

            'A dog bit me.'

 

(3)               e-men                                  

         1sg.II-husband

            'my husband'

 

Mojeño Trinitario (Arawak, Bolivia)

 

(4)               n-echjiko-'e

            1sg-talk.to-2pl

            'I am talking to you.'

 

(5)               a-jañok-nu-yre

2pl-watch.over-1sg-fut

'You will watch over me.'

 

(6)               n-ousa               

  1sg-village                

            'my village'     

 

The pattern you are interested in is found throughout the Arawak family. 

 

Best,

Françoise

 

 

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

 




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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