Genitive relationships (WAS: Construct States)

Edward Heil <edheil@...> wrote:
> >Cool...my conlang, Rokbeigalmki, has the same thing.  It's also known
> as
> >a "construct state".
>
> Ah, I've heard of these.  I was perusing an Akkadian grammar I found in
> a used bookstore; Akkadian has construct states.  I understand Hebrew
> does too?
>
As you've seen, all Semitic langs do. But reading
those posts I realized a similar thing (totally
unrelated) happens in Welsh! I don't know too much
about it, but I understand two noun phrases in
juxtaposition "A B" form a genitive construction
"A of B". Is this a general phenomenon?

Also, how do you indicate genitival relationships
in your conlangs? Myself, I tend to use the good ol'
genitive case, but in Ciravesu I simply resorted
to juxtaposition (head-final).


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