External possession

External possession / edited by Doris L. Payne, Immanuel Barshi.

External Possession Constructions (EPCs) are found in nearly all parts of the world and across widely divergent language families. The data-rich papers in this first-ever volume on EPCs document their typological variability, explore diachronic reasons for variations, and investigate their functions...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Payne, Doris L., 1952-, Barshi, Immanuel
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., ©1999.
Series:Typological studies in language ; v. 39.
Subjects:
Grammar, Comparative and general > Possessives.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Syntax.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Possessives
Taaltypologie.
Possessieve constructies.
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Table of Contents:
  • EXTERNAL POSSESSION; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Acknowledgments; External Possession: What, Where, How, and Why; External Possession and Language Processes; External Possession Constructions in Japanese: A Psycholinguistic Perspective; Body-Part EP Constructions A Cognitive/Functional Analysis; External Possession in a European Areal Perspective; Mapping Possessors Parameterizing the External Possession Construction; External Possessor and Logical Subject in Tz'utujil; The Double Unaccusative Construction in Sinitic Languages; External Possession in Creek.

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