Distance marking (Northern Mansi)

2DC: Demonstrative pronouns display a two-way distance contrast (near and far).

(1) ti kol jiľpi, ta kol pes

this house new that house old

’this house is new, that house is old’ (S. D.)

In Northern Mansi there is a distance contrast of near and far with demonstratives (1) (Kálmán 1976).

Author: 

Szilvia Németh