@article{407748,
  author         = {Erschler, David},
  journal        = {Linguistic Typology},
  number         = {3},
  pages          = {417-450},
  publisher      = {Walter de Gruyter GmbH \& Co. KG},
  title          = {Possession marking in Ossetic: Arguing for Caucasian influences},
  url            = {http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/lity.2009.13.issue-3/lity.2009.021/lity.2009.021.xml},
  volume         = {13},
  year           = {2009},
  abstract       = {In this article, I observe that Ossetic has a system of possessive pronouns with two features untypical for Iranian languages. First, along with genitive forms of full pronouns, it has a full paradigm of possessive proclitics. Second, while having accusative enclitics, it lacks possessive enclitics. I argue that the former trait is likely to have developed under West Caucasian influence. As for the absence of possessive enclitics, it is a nearly universal areal feature in the Caucasus. To substantiate these claims, I give an overview of possession marking in Iranian languages and in languages of the Caucasus and compare it to the Ossetic system. I suggest a possible scenario for the grammaticalization of possessive proclitics.},
  citekeys       = {glossa5751:B44},
  doi            = {10.1515/lity.2009.021},
  inlg           = {English [eng]},
  isreferencedby = {glossa5751},
  issn           = {1430-0532},
  keywords       = {borrowing, Caucasus, clitics, contact, grammaticalization, inflection, Iranian, linguistic area, Ossetic, possession, possessive pronouns, syntax},
  lgcode         = {Ossetian [osse1243]},
  macro_area     = {Eurasia},
  src            = {degruyter, glossa, haspelmath}
}