4.2.1.3. Juxtaposition

In some cases, it is possible to omit the possessive pronouns. As a result, the attributive possession construction consists in the juxtaposition of possessor and possessee.

         For example, ‘Maria’s car’ can be expressed by combining the signs maria and car in sequence.

 

 

 

         maria car break

         â€˜Maria’s car is broken.’

 

Apparently, the presence or absence of the possessive pronoun does not cause a change in meaning.

         The strategy of juxtaposition is also used with inalienable possession, such as body parts (giraffe neck, ‘giraffe’s neck’) and kinship relations (pietro mother, ‘Pietro’s mother’).