UID:
edocfu_9959231067902883
Format:
1 online resource (444 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9786612714160
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1-282-71416-3
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3-11-018438-9
Series Statement:
The expression of cognitive categories ; 2
Content:
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
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Front matter --
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Contents --
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Introduction /
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English possessives as reference-point constructions and their function in the discourse /
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On the co-variation between form and function of adnominal possessive modifiers in Dutch and English /
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Is possession mere location? Contrary evidence from Maa /
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Learning to encode possession /
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Plain vs. situated possession in Czech: A constructional account /
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Attributive possessive constructions in Oceanic /
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Possessive clauses in East Nusantara, the case of Tidore /
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Possessive expressions in the Southwestern Amazon /
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Possession in the visual-gestural modality: How possession is expressed in British Sign Language /
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Backmatter
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 3-11-021323-0
Additional Edition:
ISBN 3-11-018437-0
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9783110213232
