Nominal Structures of Uralic Languages

The semantic properties of the possessive relationship (e.g. alienability) do not seem to influence the choice between copulas. In the examples, the first clause expresses an alienable possession, while the second clause expresses a part-whole (inalenable) relation.

Mari-nak	van	egy	háza-a,	a	ház-nak	pedig	van	egy	padlás-a.
Mary-DAT	be.3SG	a	house-POSS	the	house-DAT	and	be.3SG	an	attic-POSS

’Mary has a house, and the house has an attic.’

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