Case exponence (Meadow Mari)

ExpMono

ExpMono: Formatives marking nouns and pronouns are monoexponential.

(1)muno
‘egg’ (Luutonen 1997: 12)

(2)muno-vlak
egg‑PL
‘eggs’ (Luutonen 1997: 12)

(3)munə-što
egg‑INE
‘in an egg’ (Luutonen 1997: 12)

(4)munə-štə-žo
egg‑INE‑3SG
‘in its egg’ (Luutonen 1997: 12)

(5)muno-vlak-em
egg‑PL‑1SG
‘my eggs’ (Luutonen 1997: 12)

In Meadow Mari case markers are monoexponential, expressing case only, without any indication of number or verbal category (Luutonen 1997: 11–12). Personal pronouns have the same case markers as nouns.

Author: Bogáta Timár


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