ALTAI
SUMMARY
In Altai (or Oyrot), the converb in -(V)p (the vowel is subject to vowel harmony) head non-finite syntactically subordinate clauses and its subject generally corefers with the subject of the superordinate clause, i.e. it is same-subject converbs (SS-converbs). Part-whole relations between the subject of the converbial clause and the subject of the superordinate clause also license the use of the converb in -(V)p. Possession must be overtly coded on the possessed subject.
See also Bashkir, Forest Enets, Karaim, Khalkha Mongolian, Khanty (Eastern), Khanty (Northern), Kirghiz, Old Turkic, Shor, Tundra Enets, Tundra Nenets, Turkish, Tuvan (Altai), Tuvan (Jungar), Tuvan (Todža) , Udmurt, Uyghur, Uzbek, Yukaghir (Kolyma), Yukaghir (Tundra).
LANGUAGE PROFILE
EVIDENCE IN SUPPORT OF PIPS
- Prominent possessors appear to occupy the same phrase internal syntactic position as other possessors within the NP.
- Prominent possessors have adnominal genitive case-marking, indicating dependency within the noun phrase.
KEY SOURCES
Ubrjatova, E. I. and F. A. Litvin (eds). 1986. Strukturnye tipy sintetičeskix polipredikativnyx konstrukcij v jazykax raznyx sistem. Novosibirsk: Nauka.
