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dc.contributor.authorJanda, Laura A
dc.contributor.authorAntonsen, Lene
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-08T12:55:46Z
dc.date.available2023-09-08T12:55:46Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractInalienability in North Saami On the basis of corpus data (9.5M words 1997–2010) we claim that North Saami is developing a grammatical distinction between alienable and inalienable possession. In previous work we documented a language change in North Saami in which the possessive suffix as in girjji-id-easkka [book-acc.pl-3pl] ‘their books’ is being replaced by an analytic construction with the reflexive genitive ieža-form, as in iežaska girjjiid ‘their books’. According to typologists, alienable/inalienable distinctions arise primarily in small languages where a language change takes place, and inalienability is marked by the synthetic construction. North Saami possessive constructions comport with these features, and the possessive suffix tends to mark inalienable possession, as opposed to the more neutral and widespread ieža-form. Statistical analysis shows that word frequency cannot account for the distribution of the possessive suffix vs. ieža-form, justifying focus on semantics. North Saami shows high frequency of the possessive suffix for kinship and body part nouns associated with inalienability cross-linguistically, but there is a strong presence of the possessive suffix with words for “products”: concrete and abstract human artefacts, where the creation is inalienably possessed by its creator. Another important group marked with the possessive suffix associated with inalienable possession are words connected with identity and livelihood. Even though overall the reflexive genitive ieža-form has been taking the place of the possessive suffix the possessive suffix continues to be productive in use with words signaling products, identity, and livelihood.en_US
dc.descriptionSource at <a href=https://site.uit.no/aigecala/>https://site.uit.no/aigecala/</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.citationJanda, Antonsen. Davvisámi earutkeahtes oamasteapmi [Inalienability in North Saami]. Sámi dieðalaš áigecála. 2020:61-87en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1872446
dc.identifier.issn0805-4312
dc.identifier.issn1894-0498
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/30850
dc.language.isosmien_US
dc.publisherSenter for samiske studier, UiT Norges arktiske universiteten_US
dc.relation.journalSámi dieðalaš áigecála
dc.relation.urihttps://site.uit.no/aigecala/files/2021/02/SDA-2020-antonsen-ja-janda.pdf
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2020 The Author(s)en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Humaniora: 000::Språkvitenskapelige fag: 010::Samisk språk: 031en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Humanities: 000::Linguistics: 010::Sami language: 031en_US
dc.subjectGrammatikk / Grammaren_US
dc.subjectSpråkendring / Language changeen_US
dc.titleDavvisámi earutkeahtes oamasteapmi [Inalienability in North Saami]en_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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