| Title | Attributive Possession in Soqotri |
|---|---|
| Subtitle | The Evidence of the ‘Vienna Corpus’ |
| Contributor | Leonid Kogan (author) |
| Maria Bulakh (author) | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.11647/obp.0463.26 |
| Landing page | https://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0463/chapters/10.11647/obp.0463.26 |
| License | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ |
| Copyright | Leonid Kogan; Maria Bulakh; |
| Publisher | Open Book Publishers |
| Published on | 2025-03-07 |
| Long abstract | The study examines the complex system of possession marking in Soqotri, a Modern South Arabian language. Using the extensive ‘Vienna Corpus’ collected by David Heinrich Müller, the research highlights three primary strategies: di-marking, men-marking, and pronominal suffixes. Di-marking is the most versatile, while men-marking is predominantly used in part-whole relations, especially body parts and kinship terms, often as a device for referential clarity. The article contrasts the Vienna Corpus with modern Soqotri, noting both consistencies and significant diachronic or dialectal variations in usage. The findings illuminate the interplay between syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic factors in possession marking and reveal the broader implications for understanding linguistic change in South Arabian languages. |
| Page range | pp. 695–746 |
| Print length | 52 pages |
| Language | English (Original) |
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| https://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0463/chapters/10.11647/obp.0463.26 | Landing page | https://books.openbookpublishers.com/10.11647/obp.0463.26.pdf | Full text URL |
Leonid Kogan (PhD, Russian State University for the Humanities Moscow) is Professor and Deputy Director at the Institute for Oriental and Classical Studies at HSE University. He has published widely on Semitics and the Semitic languages, ancient and modern.
Maria Bulakh (PhD, Russian State University for the Humanities Moscow) is Associate Professor in the Institute for Oriental and Classical Studies at HSE University and Deputy Head of the Centre for South Arabian Studies. She is a Semitist whose work as focused on South Semitic languages, on which she has published widely.