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'''Suffixaufnahme''' is a grammatical device that occurs in some languages | '''Suffixaufnahme''' is a grammatical device that occurs in some languages | ||
with case systems. It means that possessors are inflected for the case and | with case systems. It means that possessors are inflected for the case and | ||
number of the possessee as if they were adjectives. Here a few examples from | number of the possessee as if they were adjectives. Here a few examples from | ||
Old Albic: | [[Old Albic]]: | ||
(1) '''mbar os nderos''' ‘the house of the man’ | (1) '''mbar os nderos''' ‘the house of the man’ | ||
(2) ''' | (2) '''mbaral orol nderorol''' ‘at/in the house of the man’ | ||
(3) ''' | (3) '''mbaran oron nderoron''' ‘to the house of the man’ | ||
This can be nested: | This can be nested: | ||
(4) ''' | (4) '''mbaran attoran nderomoloran''' ‘to the house of the father of the man’ | ||
In the last example, ''' | In the last example, '''nderomolaran''' consists of the stem '''ndero''' | ||
‘man’, a locative ending (marking the inalienable possession) '''- | ‘man’, a locative ending (marking the inalienable possession) '''-mol''', | ||
a genitive ending '''-as''' agreeing with the genitive of '''atto''' | a genitive ending '''-as''' agreeing with the genitive of '''atto''' | ||
‘father’, and the allative ending '''- | ‘father’, and the allative ending '''-an''' ‘to’ agreeing with the ending | ||
of '''mbar''' ‘house’. | of '''mbar''' ‘house’. | ||
For more on suffixaufnahme, and natlangs showing this phenomenon, see | For more on suffixaufnahme, and natlangs showing this phenomenon, see | ||
[[Wikipedia: Suffixaufnahme]]. | [[Wikipedia: Suffixaufnahme]]. | ||
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Latest revision as of 10:50, 3 November 2012
Suffixaufnahme is a grammatical device that occurs in some languages with case systems. It means that possessors are inflected for the case and number of the possessee as if they were adjectives. Here a few examples from Old Albic:
(1) mbar os nderos ‘the house of the man’
(2) mbaral orol nderorol ‘at/in the house of the man’
(3) mbaran oron nderoron ‘to the house of the man’
This can be nested:
(4) mbaran attoran nderomoloran ‘to the house of the father of the man’
In the last example, nderomolaran consists of the stem ndero ‘man’, a locative ending (marking the inalienable possession) -mol, a genitive ending -as agreeing with the genitive of atto ‘father’, and the allative ending -an ‘to’ agreeing with the ending of mbar ‘house’.
For more on suffixaufnahme, and natlangs showing this phenomenon, see Wikipedia: Suffixaufnahme.
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