Query: Possessor Raising

[Koontz John E]

On Fri, 19 May 2000, Koontz John E wrote:

> The construction is also used with partitives, e.g., 'some/many of us
> died' or 'some/many of you died', but non partitive constructions occur,
> too, perhaps more frequently.

I mean, "partitive non-dative constructions ocur, too, ..."

> Sometimes the posessum seems to be marked as subject.

Marked by the use of a proximate "subject" article.