The Expression of Possession
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The Expression of Possession

  1. 435 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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The Expression of Possession

About this book

This collection of nine original articles deals with the expression of possession at various levels of grammar, morphological, phrasal, and syntactic, and from a typologically diverse range of languages (including Germanic, Oceanic, Meso-American, and Australian Aboriginal). There are two main aims. The first is to reveal something of the range of constructions employed cross-linguistically in the expression of possession, and second, to present an understanding of the possessive relation itself as a cognitive and linguistic phenomenon. A guiding principle in the selection of contributors has been to invite linguists whose research, while not necessarily directly dealing with possession, touches on it, and indicates that they are likely to provide fresh perspectives on this well-trodden field.

Key features:

  • William McGregor is a well known expert in this fíeld of research
  • Possession is a paradigm for studies on typology, ethnology etc., because a multitude of linguistic and cultural varieties are reflected in this field
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Table of contents

  1. Frontmatter
  2. Contents
  3. Introduction
  4. English possessives as reference-point constructions and their function in the discourse
  5. On the co-variation between form and function of adnominal possessive modifiers in Dutch and English
  6. Is possession mere location? Contrary evidence from Maa
  7. Learning to encode possession
  8. Plain vs. situated possession in Czech: A constructional account
  9. Attributive possessive constructions in Oceanic
  10. Possessive clauses in East Nusantara, the case of Tidore
  11. Possessive expressions in the Southwestern Amazon
  12. Possession in the visual-gestural modality: How possession is expressed in British Sign Language
  13. Backmatter