Smyrna Greek possession profile

[Sta09b] [Nic86] [Hei97] [Lio16] [KA26]

Per-language possession data for Smyrna Greek (Aegean; Indo-European; ISO ell, shared macro-language code with SMG), as bare field-by-field defs — the genitive-over-extension endpoint within the Modern Greek dialect continuum, the opposite direction from Grevena Greek.

Examples: tu luluðakju 'little flower-DIM.SG.GEN' (SMG: *), ton naftakjo(n) 'little sailor-DIM.PL.GEN' (SMG: *). Same surface adnominal strategy as SMG (dependent-marking inflectional genitive), but with a more permissive paradigm: -aki diminutive nouns license inflectional genitive forms that SMG rejects as paradigm gaps ([Lio16], cited in [KA26] fn 7).

What makes Smyrna different from SMG

Smyrna Greek tolerates inflectional genitive forms that SMG rejects as paradigm gaps. [Lio16] (cited in [KA26] fn 7 p. 11) lists tu luluðakju 'little flower-DIM.SG.GEN' and ton naftakjo(n) 'little sailor-DIM.PL.GEN' as acceptable in Smyrna — both starred in SMG, where the -aki diminutive class systematically lacks inflectional genitive forms ([KA26] §3 exx 14a–b).

This matters for the cross-dialectal argument: the Modern Greek dialect continuum is bidirectional, not unidirectional toward genitive loss. SMG sits between Smyrna's permissive paradigm and Grevena's complete loss. Without a Smyrna profile in the typology, the SMG → GG trajectory would look monotonic; Smyrna shows that the synchronic distribution is a genuine intermediate state in a two-sided space.

Cross-dialectal contrast

Sibling profiles: Fragments/Greek/Possession.lean (SMG, transitional) and Fragments/Greek/Grevena/Possession.lean (GG, genitive lost).

def Greek.Smyrna.Possession.genNotions : List Possession.Notion

Heine notions expressible by Smyrna inflectional genitive. Same coverage as SMG — the Smyrna difference is in the paradigm (no gaps on -aki diminutives), not in the notional range.

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def Greek.Smyrna.Possession.apoNotions : List Possession.Notion

Heine notions expressible by Smyrna apo-PPs. Smyrna is more permissive on the genitive side, so the apo-PP variant is less pressed into service; the apo-PP coverage parallels SMG (restricted to inanimate part-whole/source).

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• Greek.Smyrna.Possession.apoNotions = [Possession.Notion.inanimateInalienable, Possession.Notion.inanimateAlienable]

def Greek.Smyrna.Possession.obligatoryPossession : Possession.Obligatoriness

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• Greek.Smyrna.Possession.obligatoryPossession = Possession.Obligatoriness.noObligatory

def Greek.Smyrna.Possession.possessiveClassification : Possession.Classification

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• Greek.Smyrna.Possession.possessiveClassification = Possession.Classification.noClassification

def Greek.Smyrna.Possession.predicativeStrategy : Possession.PredicativeStrategy

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• Greek.Smyrna.Possession.predicativeStrategy = Possession.PredicativeStrategy.haveVerb

def Greek.Smyrna.Possession.adnominalStrategy : Possession.AdnominalMarking

Surface strategy (.dependentMarking) matches SMG; the difference is paradigm completeness, not strategy choice — the -aki diminutive class permits the genitive forms that SMG rejects as paradigm gaps. Establishes the bidirectionality of the Modern Greek dialect continuum: SMG sits between Smyrna's over-extension and Grevena's complete loss.

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• Greek.Smyrna.Possession.adnominalStrategy = Possession.AdnominalMarking.dependentMarking

def Greek.Smyrna.Possession.affixPosition : Option Possession.AffixPosition

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• Greek.Smyrna.Possession.affixPosition = some Possession.AffixPosition.noAffix