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From possessive suffix to affective demonstrative suffix in Hungarian: a grammaticalization analysis

Morphology, 2018
The non-possessive uses of possessive morphology in Uralic languages have been a topic of intense debate (Fraurud 2001; Nikolaeva 2003; Gerland 2014; Janda 2015; E. Kiss and Tanczos to appear). In this paper, I focus on a special use of the poss.3sg suffix in Hungarian constructions such as a hulyeje (the stupid-poss.3sg): lit.
Tamás Halm
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Possessive Agreement Turned into a Derivational Suffix

Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, 2018
This paper introduces a non-canonical type of grammaticalization: it argues that the -ik partitive suffix of Hungarian has been grammaticalized from a 3PL possessive agreement morpheme, undergoing semantic bleaching (the loss of person and number features, i.e., the loss of referential identifiability), decategorization, and morphologial simplification.
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The Finnish possessive suffixes

Language, 1980
A distinctive feature of Finnish morphology is the possessive suffixes, which are found not only on possessed nouns, but also on adjectives, postpositions, and untensed verbs. Traditional grammars have taken the view that these suffixes arise through a rule of agreement with a genitive specifier, which may be subject to subsequent deletion rules.
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The “Possessed Noun Suffix” and Possession in Two Northern Dene (Athabaskan) Languages

International Journal of American Linguistics, 2016
This paper documents and analyzes the possessive construction in the Northern Dene (Athabaskan) languages Denesųline and Tlichǫ. The construction occurs not only when one noun is related to another (whether the relation is one of literal possession or not) but also with subsets of relative clauses and compounds, and when a numeral precedes a unit noun.
Leslie Saxon, Andrea Wilhelm
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The ongoing eclipse of possessive suffixes in North Saami

Diachronica, 2016
North Saami is replacing the use of possessive suffixes on nouns with a morphologically simpler analytic construction. Our data (>2K examples culled from >.5M words) track this change through three generations, covering parameters of semantics, syntax and geography.
Laura A. Janda, Lene Antonsen
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Third-person possessive suffixes as definite articles in Semitic

Journal of Historical Linguistics, 2012
One of the best-known features of Neo-Ethio-Semitic languages is the use of the third-person possessive suffix as a definite article (Appleyard 2005, Rubin 2010). In this study we show that third-person possessive suffixes are also used as definite articles in other Semitic languages, although in none of them is this function fully grammaticalized, as ...
John Huehnergard, Na'ama Pat-El
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Definitely Not Possessed? Possessive Suffixes with Definiteness Marking Function

2013
In this paper I argue that the definiteness marking function of the possessive suffix of some Uralic languages is not the outcome of a grammaticalization pathway but has always been inherent to them. The possessive suffix has thus two main functions: establishing a relation between entities or a relation between an entity and the discourse and ...
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Comparative anal0 sys of suffixes of possessive case in japanese and uzbek languages

ACADEMICIA: AN INTERNATIONAL MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH JOURNAL, 2021
AbstractIn linguistics, the comparison of languages has always been in the center of attention. Although it is recognized by scholars that Japanese and Uzbek belong to the same language family, the Altaic language family, grammatical phenomena in both languages are not the same.
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Morphological Integrity and Syntax: The Evidence from Finnish Possessive Suffixes

Language, 1987
The relationship of morphological structure to syntactic functions has received much recent attention (e.g. Anderson 1982, McCloskey & Hale 1984, Stump 1984, Sadock 1985, Bresnan & Mchombo 1987). The behavior of possessive suffixes (Px's) in Finnish sheds light on this issue.
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On Finnic possessive suffixes and possessive reflexives with a special focus on Veps and Lud languages

Faits de Langues
Abstract This article examines the usage patterns and declining process of possessive suffixes in Finnic languages. Possessive suffixes are pronoun originated grammatical markers that have cognates in all branches of Uralic language. Alongside their main function as adnominal possessive markers, they are known to have a range of other meanings and ...
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