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 past tense is odd with inalienable possessive relation, but not for grammatical reasons. (It is odd because separating John's hand from John supposes dramatic happenings.)

Ez	a	kéz/ház	János-é	volt.
this	the	hand/house	John-é	be.PST.3SG

’This hand/house was John's.’

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