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https://hdl.handle.net/2115/49250

Two Proprietive Affixes in Alutor

日本語

2012-03-26

Graduate School of Letters, Hokkaido University

Northern Language Studies

2

23-34

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Alutor (Paleosiberian, Chukchi-Kamchatkan family) has two proprietive constructions formed with affixes -lʔ (L-form) and ɣa-...-lin(a) (G-form). In this paper, I will describe morphological, syntactical and semantic features of possessee nouns in each construction and demonstrate that the L-form is preferred when there is a particularly close semantic relationship between the possessor and possessee. The G-form, in contrast, is used when a speaker is interested in the existence of a possessee, and often expresses a temporal possession. Additionally, I will show the difference between the proprietive forms and an existential construction, illustrate the co-occurrence of L-form with comitative prefixes and give examples of several kinds of abessive forms in Alutor.

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2185-7121

AA12516968