Locus of Marking

Question 1

What the fuck is the locus of marking?

Answer 1

Head-/dependent-marking; The locus of morphological/morphosyntactic marking expresses syntactic relations between a head and dependents; Does the head mark its relationship to the dependent or vice versa?;

Question 2

Nominal Domain

Answer 2

Locus of marking refers to possession; head possessed noun and dependent possessor noun

Question 3

Verbal/clausal domain

Answer 3

locus of marking refers to grammatical relations; head verb and dependent noun phrase arguments

Question 4

Predicative possession v. attributive possession

Answer 4

Predicative possession: I have my dog
Attributive possession: My dog

Question 5

Languages can have different possessive constructions based on alienability. What are the two kinds of Alienability?

Answer 5

Separable v. inseparable/inherent/intimate possession

Question 6

How does english mark the possessive relationship between the possessor and the possessum?

Answer 6

Possessor as a noun phrase
[the back] [of the building]
Building is dependent
[the dog’s] [ears]
Possessor as a pronoun
[my] [desk]
dependent-marking in expressing possession

Question 7

head-marking

Answer 7

possession marked on the possessum; grammatical relations marked on verbs; dependent is on noun clauses

Question 8

Double-marked

Answer 8

Both head and dependent marking; grammatical relations marked on both verb and argument(s)

Question 9

Zero-marking

Answer 9

possession marked on neither the possessor nor the possessum; grammatical relations marked on neither verb nor argument