Series | LiVVaL
Edited book | Partitive Constructions and Partitive Elements Within and Across Language Borders in Europe
Chapter | Possessive Partitive Strategies in Uralic
Possessive Partitive Strategies in Uralic
Evidence from Mari and Hungarian Quantifiers and Inflected Adpositions
Abstract
In this essay, we analyse how proper partitivity is expressed in Hungarian and Mari. Three strategies are used, one of which – marking on the superset via case or adpositions – is basically identical to what we find in well-studied languages. The other two strategies are possessive agreement with the superset by 1) the quantifier that represents the subset or 2) by the postposition that links the subset to the superset. This means that (at least) one of these entities bears a possessive suffix that indicates the number and person of the superset. We discuss how these strategies work in both languages, and what the structural differences are.
Submitted: June 15, 2023 | Accepted: Aug. 15, 2023 | Published May 16, 2024 | Language: en
Keywords Postpositions • Quantifiers • Possessive agreement • Locus of possessive suffixes • Proper partitives
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