Person marking on non­personal pronominal adpositions (Synja Khanty)

AdpPNonPM: Person marking cannot be expressed on non­personal pronominal adpositions.


(1) lis pēla

rope_trap toward

‘toward the rope trap’ (Onina 2011: 52)


(2) luw pēlaj-el

(s)he toward-3sg

‘toward him/her’ (Onina 2011: 53)


(3) muj pēla

what toward

‘toward what’ (Ruttkay-Miklián 2009: 198)


(4) śi poraj-ǝn

det time-loc

‘at (that) time when ...’ (Onina 2011: 11)


In Synja Khanty, the non-personal pronouns are usully not marked for person (cf. Honti 1984: 80‒82, Nikolaeva 1999a: 36‒37).

Author: 

Nikolett F. Gulyás