Person marking on personal pronominal adpositions (Synja Khanty)

AdpPPPM: Person marking is required on personal pronominal adpositions.


(1) (mā) šanš-em-n išńi.

I behind-1sg-loc window

‘There is a window behind me.’ (S. O.)


(2) (luw) šanš-el-n išńi.

he/she/it behind-3sg-loc window

‘There is a window behind him / her / it.’ (S. O.)


In Synja Khanty, postpositions of personal pronouns obligatorily take personal suffixes. (Honti 1984: 80‒82, Onina 2009: 48‒49, Nikolaeva 1999a: 36‒37, S. O.).

Author: 

Nikolett F. Gulyás