SERRANO
SUMMARY
In switch-reference (SR) constructions in Serrano, 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:
ser
WALS ID:
srr
LOCATION:
Southern California, United States
CO-ORDINATES:
35°5'N, 117°W
AFFILIATION:
Uto-Aztecan, California Uto-Aztecan
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.
KEY SOURCES
Hill, Jane H. 2016. Takic switch-reference in Uto-Aztecan perspective, in Rik van Gijn & Jeremy Hammond (eds), Switch reference 2.0, 115-152. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
