KHALKHA MONGOLIAN
SUMMARY
Khalkha Mongolian has distinct converbs, i.e. non-finite verb forms heading syntactically subordinate clauses. Some of these are same-subject (SS) converbs, which require coreference between the subject of the converbial clause and the subject of the superordinate clause. Some SS-converbs are also licensed by two subjects which are in a part-whole relation with each other but which do not strictly corefer. In such constructions, the subject expressing the part must be overtly coded for possession.
See also Altai, Bashkir, Forest Enets, Karaim, 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
- In available examples, possession is marked directly on the possessed noun through person and number marking of the possessor and thus is inherently internal when there is a pronominal possessor.
- Evidence for the internal status of possessors comes from adnominal genitive case-marking on the possessor.
KEY SOURCES
Anisman, Adar. 2010. Switch reference in Khalkha Mongolian. MA thesis, SOAS University of London.
Poppe, Nikolaus. 1951. Khalkha-mongolische Grammatik: mit Bibliographie, Sprachproben und Glossar. Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner.
