The expression of possession in Taleshi

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(PhD), Buali Sinā University

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This paper aims to provide a typological account of nominal and predicative ‎possession constructions in Taleshi. It follows the typological framework of ‎Aikhenvald (2013), where different attested strategies for the expression of nominal ‎and predicative possession along with their corresponding functions are touched on. As far as nominal possession constructions in ‎Taleshi are concerned, four strategies are used to exhibit the relationship of ‎possessor and possessee in a noun phrase: a. juxtaposition, a possessor ending in a ‎vowel precedes the possessee; b. possessor can be marked by number-sensitive ‎oblique case-markers (i- for singular and –u for plural), or alternatively, replaced by ‎six different possessive pronouns, c. marking the possessee with a pronominal ‎pertensive clitic along with related information on number and person of the possessor; d. ‎both possessor and possessee may be marked. This is done by replacing the ‎possessor with the suppletive pronoun of ǝštan and the attachment of a pronominal ‎pertensive clitic to the possessee. Just like nominal possession, predicative ‎possession in Taleshi is also expressed in different types of constructions, including ‎native existential and copular constructions where the characteristics of the so-‎called H-constructions are evident. In Mâsâli, a borrowed possessive verb of dâšte‎‎ 'to have' is also attested

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Persian Language and Iranian Dialects
Volume 1, Issue 2 - Serial Number 2
Serial 2
July 2017
Pages 117-136

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