On the non-possessive use of possessive suffixes
in Central and Southern Selkup Cover Image

К вопросу о порядке следования суффиксов лично-притяжательного склонения в селькупском языке
On the non-possessive use of possessive suffixes in Central and Southern Selkup

Author(s): Nadezhda L. Fedotova
Subject(s): Morphology, Finno-Ugrian studies
Published by: Институт языкознания Российской академии наук
Keywords: Selkup language; possessive declination; possessive suffixes;

Summary/Abstract: The article shows what changes occur when one breaks the order of affixes in possessive noun forms in Selkup, which can reveal the occurrences of non-possessive use of possessive suffixes. Moreover, it demonstrates how 1SG.POSS and 3SG.POSS suffixes can be included into the stem of a noun and be declined according to the impersonal declination paradigm. Additionally, it describes the way in which the possessive suffixes contribute to word building.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 02 (25)
  • Page Range: 67-78
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Russian
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