Knowledge base · Part VII — Possession and the Affiliative System · this topic as a network

47. External Possession and Possessor Raising

How does the language express the possessor of an inalienable noun as a core argument of the clause?

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Body-part noun incorporation and possessor-to-subject raising

How does body-part noun incorporation cause the possessor to become the intransitive subject?

ku=kema-ha ka arka

1SG.POSS=foot-POSS even hurt

‘My foot hurts, too.’

tek-e-pase=an

hand-POSS-be.heavy=4.S

‘We became infirm in our hands.’

How does natural-force noun incorporation promote the base object to intransitive subject?

In the clause ku-kamuypanakte 'God punishes me', the patient/undergoer ('me') is promoted to the subject prefix ku-. (Satō 2008: 390)

ku=koy-yanke

1SG.S=wave-lift

‘The wave lifted me.’

konam rera-paru

leaf wind-blow

‘The leaf is blown by the wind.’

What morphological strategies suppress or omit the possessor of an obligatorily possessed noun?

i-sapa-kar usi

ANTIP-head-do place

‘a barber shop’

i-rekut-tuye

ANTIP-throat-cut

‘(someone) cuts a/someone's throat’