Marking of function S on pronouns (Surgut Khanty)

Neutr: Case alignment is neutral: the functions S, A, and P are not marked morphologically.

NoSMark: The function S is not explicitly marked, while P, A, or both are marked. S is therefore marked with a zero (∅) morpheme.


(1) ʌüw jīs-əʌ.

he/she cry-prs.3sg

‘He/she is crying.’


(2) ʌüw ńēwrem-əʌ ʌāpət-ʌ.

he/she child-3sg feed-prs.3sg

‘He/she is feeding the child.’


(3) ʌüw nüŋ-at ʌāpət-ʌ.

he/she you-acc feed-prs.3sg

‘He/she is feeding you.’


Surgut Khanty marks the S function with a zero morpheme both on nouns and pronouns, which also means that the S is in the nominative case (1). Nominal P’s are marked neutrally (2), while personal pronouns take the accusative case (3), thus it is necessary to register the NoSMark parameter value, too.

Author: 

Márta Csepregi