-
Possession is
encoded by the
general structure POSSESSOR-punya-
POSSESSUM,
where the '
possessum' is the 'thing'
being possessed by the
possessor - the unit...
- the X
element refers to the head (
possessum). The
possessor and
possessum are
connected by pe, in
which the
possessum expresses de
facto a
nominal meaning...
-
Kriol the
order of
possessor and
possessum varies, with it
being evenly split between possessor possessum and
possessum possessor. In
Kriol word
order is...
- of the
possessum, that of
which is
being possessed, and the possessor. This
structure tends to
follow a
possessum-possessor order. The
possessum is expressed...
-
possessive constructions,
Aleut marks both
possessor and
possessum, with the
possessor preceding the
possessum: tayaĝu-x̂ man-ABS tayaĝu-x̂ man-ABS '[the] man'...
-
located on the
possessum. In
contrast to
alienable possession,
inalienable possession can only take the
order of possessor-
possessum. Biak
contains three...
-
number of
possessive classifiers that
reflect both the
possessor and the
possessum: nah
pwihk means "his (live) pig;" ah
pwihk means "his (butchered) pig;"...
- phrases, the
order is possessor–
possessum, with the
person marker of the
possessor identified by a
prefix to the
possessum.
Subordinate clauses precede matrix...
-
state to a
classifier noun,
followed by the possessor, and
lastly the
possessum. For example:
weren POSSESSIVEclass:CANOE-n ohlo that-man war
canoe weren...
- had a possessor-
possessum/noun-genitive order, but
infiltration of the
Spanish particle de may have also
driven the
shift to
possessum-possessor/genitive-noun...
