Ͻkere is doing something different in adnominal possession
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https://doi.org/10.3765/plsa.v8i1.5464Keywords:
adnominal possession, attributive possession, Ɔkere noun phrase, alienability, Guan languageAbstract
Cross-linguistically, some languages make a morphosyntactic distinction between alienable and inalienable adnominal possession, where alienable possession is more morphologically marked, and inalienable possession shows a tighter structural bond between the possessor and possessee. In this paper, I show that Ɔkere violates these cross-linguistic generalizations differently. I also show that two types of mó occur in the language, one is a possessive marker, and the other is an independent pronoun. Again, I show that the nature of the possessive marker and the independent pronoun leads to a pro-drop in inalienable possession. The data and analysis in this paper favor proposing an overt possessive marker and a covert possessive marker. This paper adds to the literature on the exceptions to the cross-linguistic generalizations on adnominal possession by showing that the exceptions to the cross-linguistic generalizations may manifest differently in some languages.Downloads
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2023-04-27
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Oppong, Okrah. 2023. “Ͻkere Is Doing Something Different in Adnominal Possession”. Proceedings of the Linguistic Society of America 8 (1): 5464. https://doi.org/10.3765/plsa.v8i1.5464.