CAHUILLA
SUMMARY
In switch-reference (SR) constructions in Cahuilla, if two subjects are in a part-whole relation, same-subject (SS) marking is obligatory and different-subject (DS) marking is ungrammatical. The possessed subject in such constructions is a body part that idiomatically expresses emotions when combined with certain verbs. Speakers have a choice in using SS- or DS-suffixes in these contexts. The overt expression of possession is required.
LANGUAGE PROFILE
ISO 639-3:
chi
WALS ID:
cah
LOCATION:
Southern California, United States
CO-ORDINATES:
33°5'N, 116°25'W
AFFILIATION:
Uto-Aztecan, California Uto-Aztecan
EVIDENCE IN SUPPORT OF PIPS
- A possessor may be expressed by possessive morphology on the possessed noun alone, and in such cases the expression of the possessor is internal to the same phrase as the possessed.
KEY SOURCES
Hill, Jane H. 2016. Takic switch-reference in Uto-Aztecan perspective, in Rik van Gijn and Jeremy Hammond (eds), Switch reference 2.0, 115-152. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
