Case marking on adjectives (Surgut Khanty)

NoAdjCase: Case is not marked on adnominal adjectives.


(1a) ənəʌ qɔ̄t

big house

’big house’


(1b) ənəʌ qɔ̄t-nə

big house-loc

’in a big house’


(1c) ənəʌ qɔ̄t-ət-nə

big house-pl-loc

’in big houses’


(1d) ənəʌ qɔ̄t-ʌ-am-nə

big house-pl-1sg-loc

’in my big houses’


Since there is no agreement between any modifier and its head noun in Surgut Khanty, adjectives modifying nominals cannot get case affixes.

Author: 

Márta Csepregi