Word order of adjectives and degree words (Synja Khanty)

DegAdj: Degree words always (or almost always) precede adjectives.


(1) šēk jam tamiti

very good feeling

’very good feeling’ (Onina 2011: 35)


(2) kūrt-em manemǝn šēk jam.

I village-1sg in_my_opinion very good

’I think my village is very good.’ (Onina 2011: 44).


In Synja Khanty, the degree words preceed both modifier (1) and predicative (2) adjectives (Nikolaeva 1999a: 22).

Author: 

Nikolett F. Gulyás