The non-possessive uses of possessive morphology in Uralic languages have been a topic of intense debate (Fraurud 2001; Nikolaeva 2003; Gerland 2014; Janda 2015; É. Kiss and Tánczos to appear). In this paper, I focus on a special use of the poss.3sg suffix in Hungarian constructions such as a hülyéje (the stupid-poss.3sg): lit. ‘its stupid’, meaning ‘that total idiot’. My main claim is that this suffix is an affective demonstrative suffix (Lakoff 1974; Liberman 2008; Potts and Schwarz 2010), and that it has developed as a result of grammaticalization from a full-fledged possessive construction of the form a világ hülyéje (the world stupid-poss.3sg): lit. ‘the world’s stupid’, meaning: ‘the biggest idiot in the world’. I will show that this gradual process can be reconstructed fairly accurately using historical and contemporary corpora. I also claim that this grammaticalization pathway is very natural as it is based on a set-element relationship which is often expressed by possessive constructions cross-linguistically. I also identify two parameters which facilitate this grammaticalization process: the availability of (silent) pro possessors and the lack of gender agreement on the possessive suffix. Since Uralic languages in general have these parameters, I will argue that this grammaticalization pathway should at least be considered as one of the possible sources of the demonstrative (and definiteness marking) uses of poss.3sg suffixes in Uralic languages. Finally, my results are also an important contribution to the debate on whether demonstratives can be derived from other functional elements through grammaticalization (Plank 1979; Traugott 1982; Himmelmann 1997).

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从所有格后缀到匈牙利语的情感指示性后缀：语法分析

乌拉尔语语言中所有格形态的非宾语用法一直是激烈的辩论话题（Fraurud 2001； Nikolaeva 2003； Gerland 2014； Janda 2015；É。Kiss和Tánczos出现）。在本文中，我重点介绍poss.3sg后缀在匈牙利语结构中的特殊用法，例如hülyéje（stupid-poss.3sg）：有色。“愚蠢”，意思是“那个白痴”。我的主要主张是，该后缀是一个情感的说明性后缀（Lakoff 1974； Liberman 2008； Potts and Schwarz 2010），它是从语法结构的完全成熟的所有格结构形式发展而来的，形式为világhülyéje（the世界stupid-poss.3sg）：亮起。“世界上的愚蠢”，意思是：“世界上最大的白痴”。我将说明，使用历史和现代语料库可以相当准确地重建这一渐进过程。我还声称，这种语法化途径是非常自然的，因为它基于集合元素关系，而集合关系通常由所有格结构在语言上表达。我还确定了促进语法化过程的两个参数：（无声的）拥护者的可得性和对所有格后缀的性别共识不足。由于乌拉尔语语言通常具有这些参数，因此我将认为这种语法化途径至少应被视为乌拉尔语中poss.3sg后缀的说明性（和确定性标记）用法的可能来源之一。最后，我的研究结果对辩论是否可以通过语法化从其他功能要素衍生而来也做出了重要贡献（Plank 1979； Traugott 1982； Himmelmann 1997）。