HAIDA
SUMMARY
In Haida, possessors that form a constituent with the possessed noun (determined based on word order, for example) can control number agreement on the verb such that the verb indexes the number of the possessor, and not that of the possessed noun. This type of agreement is also found with arguments, i.e. the same plural marker that indicates the number of a subject or an object indicates the number of a possessor.
See also Aleut.
LANGUAGE PROFILE
ISO 639-3:
hax
WALS ID:
hai
LOCATION:
British Columbia, Canada; Alaska, United States;
CO-ORDINATES:
53°N, 132°W
AFFILIATION:
Haida
EVIDENCE IN SUPPORT OF PIPS
- Evidence for the internal status of possessors in Haida is limited by the amount of freedom in the relative order of elements within a clause, including with possession phrases.
- Prominent possessors, like other internal possessors, co-occur with the possessive marker -gya·.
KEY SOURCES
Enrico, John. 2003. Haida syntax. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
Leer, Jeff. 1991. Evidence for a Northern Northwest Coast Language Area, International Journal of American Linguistics 57(2): 158-193.
