Possession in Akalix
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How to have both Pronoun-Noun possession and Noun-Noun possession in Akalix
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Firstly, there is the issue of pronoun-noun possession, as noun-noun possession flows directly out of it. It is remarkably simple; the noun takes a proclitic marker for the pronoun that is possessing it. These are, orthographically and phonetically, the same as the proclitics for verbal subjects and objects (described fully in another article). Orthographically, it is preceeded by a silent definite marker. Thus:
nala - nala - story (not case-marked)
enala - enala - story (intransitive)
nienala - Yêenala - my story (intransitive)
lienala - Yâenala - his/her/their (singular) story (intransitive)
Noun-noun possession comes directly out of this, as stated. The possessed noun takes the appropriate possessive proclitic to the noun that is possessing it, and then the possessing noun comes afterward, in the genitive case. The possessing noun may take the entire range of standard nominal effect, as long as it is genitive. Thus:
lienala - Yâenala - his/her/their (singular) story (intransitive)
lienala ukais`an - Yâenala ukaisàn - a man's story (intransitive, literally his-story of-man)
lienala yukais`an - Yâenala Yukaisàn - the man's story (intransitive, literally his-story of-the-man)
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