Word order of quantifiers (Synja Khanty)

QuantN: Quantifiers precede the nouns they modify.


(1) kāšǝŋ xatʌ

every day

’every day’ (Onina 2011: 44)


In Synja Khanty, the quantifier kāšǝŋ meaning ‘every, each, all’ precedes the noun, with which it forms a phrase (cf. Honti 1984: 75, Nikolaeva 1999a: 19).

Author: 

Nikolett F. Gulyás