SHOR
SUMMARY
In Shor, the converb in -(V)p heads non-finite syntactically subordinate clauses and its subject generally corefers with the subject of the superordinate clause, i.e. it is same-subject converbs (SS-converbs). Part-whole relations between the subject of the converbial clause and the subject of the superordinate clause also license the converb in -(V)p. Possession on the possessed subject must be coded overtly in such constructions.
See also Altai, Bashkir, Forest Enets, Karaim, Khalkha Mongolian, Khanty (Eastern), Khanty (Northern), Kirghiz, Old Turkic, 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 prominent 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
Nevskaya, Irina. 1988. Deeprichastie na -p kak komponent oslozhnennogo i slozhnogo predlozhenija v shorskom jazyke [Converbs in -p in simple and complex sentences in Shor], in M. I. Cheremisina, E. K. Shamina and L. A. Shamina (eds), Komponenty predlozhenija (na materiale jazykov raznyx sistem), 154-169. Novosibirsk: Sbornik nauchnyx trudov.
Nevskaya, Irina. 1998. Subject valency of Shor gerunds, in L. Johanson (ed.), The Mainz Meeting, 234-243. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
