KIRGHIZ
SUMMARY
In Kirghiz, converbs in -(V)p and -y head non-finite syntactically subordinate clauses and their subject generally corefers with the subject of the superordinate clause, i.e. they are same-subject converbs (SS-converbs). With converbs clauses headed by the converb in -(V)p, part-whole relations between the subject of the converbial clause and the subject of the superordinate clause also license SS-converbs. Possession must be overtly coded on the possessed subject.
See also Altai, Bashkir, Forest Enets, Karaim, Khalkha Mongolian, Khanty (Eastern), Khanty (Northern), 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
- Evidence for the internal status of possessors comes from adnominal genitive case-marking on the possessor.
- Prominent possessors appear to occupy the same syntactic position as other possessors within the NP.
- Possession is also marked directly on the possessed noun, which indexes the person and number of the possessor.
KEY SOURCES
Imart, Guy. 1981. Le kirghiz (Turk d'Asie Centrale Soviétique). Aix-en-Provence: Publications de l’Université de Provence.
