[Lingtyp] Phonological differences of alienable vs. inalienable possession

Sun Jan 30 14:24:28 UTC 2022

In my message of yesterday about alienables and inalienables in Hungarian, I said the distinction only showed up in the third person singular. There is, however, one exception to this: the word fiú ‘boy’, where the difference is present in all persons and numbers (except for the plural first person, where the two forms are the same).

fiú ‘boy’
‘my/your/his… boyfriend’:
fiú-m
fiú-d
fiú-ja
fiú-nk
fiú-tok
fiú-juk

‘my/your/his… son’:
fia-m
fia-d
fia
fi-unk
fi-atok
fi-uk

Best,

Edith Moravcsik

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Subject: Re: [Lingtyp] Phonological differences of alienable vs. inalienable possession

Hello Luise,

Hungarian has a few sporadic examples of the alienable-inalienable distinction on nouns.
The difference shows up only in the third-person possessive forms and it is minimal: the marker is almost the same. Examples:

ablak 'window'
ablak-ja 'window of a seller'
ablak-a 'window of a house'

anyag 'material'
anyag-ja 'material sold by a store'
anyag-a 'material that something is made of'

Sometimes the inalienable form shows a difference in the stem:

fiú 'boy'
fiú-ja 'a girl's boyfriend'
fi-a 'somebody's son'

biró 'judge'
biró-ja 'the judge of a town'
birá-ja 'the judge of an issue'

Best,

Edith Moravcsik

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Subject: Re: [Lingtyp] Phonological differences of alienable vs. inalienable possession

Dear Marie-Luise,

In Gyalrong languages, inalienably possessed nouns have almost  the same set possessive prefixes as alienably possessed ones, but present a certain number of morphological differences, see Zhang (2020, p.27++, Le rgyalrong situ de Brag-bar et sa contribution à la typologie de l'expression des relations spatiales : L'orientation et le mouvement associé - TEL - Thèses en ligne (archives-ouvertes.fr)<https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftel.archives-ouvertes.fr%2Ftel-03176380&data=04%7C01%7Cedith%40uwm.edu%7C86eb2548901949b6d3ee08d9e255b5e4%7C0bca7ac3fcb64efd89eb6de97603cf21%7C0%7C0%7C637789680793505665%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000&sdata=MQJ%2FH0CtpN7e71X7R5SjS5IqRZFoMujdnz6VFeYt9Ns%3D&reserved=0>) on Situ and Jacques (2021: 114++ A grammar of Japhug | Language Science Press (langsci-press.org)<https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flangsci-press.org%2Fcatalog%2Fbook%2F295&data=04%7C01%7Cedith%40uwm.edu%7C86eb2548901949b6d3ee08d9e255b5e4%7C0bca7ac3fcb64efd89eb6de97603cf21%7C0%7C0%7C637789680793505665%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000&sdata=DMQ802ZMtQ%2Bx0mPpUrpdKP0AUgD5729rPsTCxQnxh%2Bw%3D&reserved=0>) on Japhug.

Guillaume

Le ven. 28 janv. 2022 à 12:10, Marie-Luise Popp <marie_luise.popp at uni-leipzig.de<mailto:marie_luise.popp at uni-leipzig.de>> a écrit :
Dear all,

I'm looking for languages, in which alienable and inalienable possession
is marked by the same set (or at least - phonologically similar)
exponents, yet do these exponents undergo different phonological
processes in alienable vs. inalienable possession.

In Ojibwe, for example, vowel hiatus is resolved via consonant
epenthesis in alienable possession, but via deletion in inalienable
possession.

If anyone knows of more languages of this type, I would be grateful for
references and comments.

Best,

Luise (Leipzig University)

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