Feature NP402: In possessive constructions with a nominal possessor, is the POSSESSED noun usually marked? (state most frequent construction; NB: if marking depends on alienability, state marking of possessor in ALIENABLE constructions)

Feature Domain:

NP-Attributive possession

Designer:

Olga Krasnoukhova

Additional Information:

Terminology: pos.marker = possessive marker which is a free or bound form which indicates possession, and which is morphosyntactically associated with a noun denoting possessor. Pers.pos.pref/suf = personal possessive prefix or suffix is an affix which encodes person, number and/or gender of a possessor and which appears on the possessed noun. Possessed = refers to a free or bound form which indicates that an item is possessed and morphosyntactically associated with a noun denoting the possessed entity. NB: word order of possessor vs. possessed is symbolic, and is specified in a separate section!