Possession in Khinalug
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Monika Rind-Pawlowski
Abstract
The article describes the functions and the usage of the genitive in Khinalug, a Nakh-Dagestanian language spoken in the North-East of Azerbaijan. Khinalug stands out for its tripartite genitive system with two subsystems: (a) a possessee-based subsystem, which distinguishes alienability versus certain types of inalienability according to the degree of bondedness towards the possessee; only animate possessors can take an inalienably marked possessee. (b) a possessor-based subsystem, which distinguishes alienability versus family-relatedness according to the bondedness among the members of the possessor group towards each other: They have to be in a family relationship to justify the use of this genitive. Moreover, independently from animacy, the alienable and the inalienable genitive are governed by a range of postpositions.
Abstract
The article describes the functions and the usage of the genitive in Khinalug, a Nakh-Dagestanian language spoken in the North-East of Azerbaijan. Khinalug stands out for its tripartite genitive system with two subsystems: (a) a possessee-based subsystem, which distinguishes alienability versus certain types of inalienability according to the degree of bondedness towards the possessee; only animate possessors can take an inalienably marked possessee. (b) a possessor-based subsystem, which distinguishes alienability versus family-relatedness according to the bondedness among the members of the possessor group towards each other: They have to be in a family relationship to justify the use of this genitive. Moreover, independently from animacy, the alienable and the inalienable genitive are governed by a range of postpositions.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction 1
- Expressing ‘possession’ 7
- Predicative possession in revived Cornish 27
- Possessive chains and Possessor Camouflage 51
- On Turkish non-canonical possessives 85
- Predicative possession in South Saami 103
- Predicative possession in Oghuz and Kipchak Turkic languages 125
- Pronominal and adjectival attributive possession in spoken Czech 149
- Predicative possession in North Saami and Norwegian 169
- Possession and ownership in Modern Uyghur 187
- Superlative readings of possessive constructions in Turkic 205
- Possession in Khinalug 239
- A diachronic perspective on alienability splits in Icelandic attributive possession 267
- Grammaticalization of possessive markers in the Beserman dialect of Udmurt 291
- On belonging 313
- Competing possessive constructions in Late Latin documents from Italy 365
- Languages and language families and areas 393
- Name index 397
- Subject index 401
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction 1
- Expressing ‘possession’ 7
- Predicative possession in revived Cornish 27
- Possessive chains and Possessor Camouflage 51
- On Turkish non-canonical possessives 85
- Predicative possession in South Saami 103
- Predicative possession in Oghuz and Kipchak Turkic languages 125
- Pronominal and adjectival attributive possession in spoken Czech 149
- Predicative possession in North Saami and Norwegian 169
- Possession and ownership in Modern Uyghur 187
- Superlative readings of possessive constructions in Turkic 205
- Possession in Khinalug 239
- A diachronic perspective on alienability splits in Icelandic attributive possession 267
- Grammaticalization of possessive markers in the Beserman dialect of Udmurt 291
- On belonging 313
- Competing possessive constructions in Late Latin documents from Italy 365
- Languages and language families and areas 393
- Name index 397
- Subject index 401
