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Languages & Linguistics

Dedication
Preface
Map
Part I: Introduction
Prolegomena to a theory of inalienability
The expression of concepts of the personal domain and indivisibility in Indo-European languages
Part II: Languages of Australia
The syntax and semantics of body part incorporation in Mayali
Body parts in Warray
“My face am burning!”: quasi-passive, body parts, and related issues in Yawuru grammar and cultural concepts
Body parts and possession in Anindilyakwa
The grammar of nominal prefixing in Nyulnyul
Body parts, possession marking and nominal classes in Ndjébbana
Body parts in Murrinh-Patha: incorporation, grammar and metaphor
Part III: Languages of the Pacific
Inalienable possession in Paamese grammar
Body parts in Tinrin
Part IV: Languages of Asia
Inalienability and the personal domain in Mandarin Chinese discourse
Where do you feel? – Stative verbs and body-part terms in Mainland Southeast Asia
The possession cline in Japanese and other languages
Part V: Languages of North America
Multiple reflections of inalienability in Mohawk
On the grammar of body parts in Koyukon Athabaskan
Part VI: Languages of Europe
Degenerate cases of body parts in Middle Dutch
Inalienability and topicality in Romanian: Pragma-semantics of syntax
The dative and the grammar of body parts in German
Part VII: Languages of Africa
Body parts in Ewe grammar
Body parts in Acholi: alienable and inalienable distinctions and extended uses
The syntax of body parts in Haya
Part VIII: Bibliography
Bibliography on inalienability
Authors’ Adresses
Subject Index
Language Index
Author Index

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