Dimensions of possession / edited by Irene Baron, Michael Herslund, Finn Sorensen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Baron, Irène.

Herslund, Michael.

Srensen, Finn, 1942-

Series:

Typological studies in language ; v. 47.

Typological studies in language ; v. 47

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Possessives.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (343 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Few linguistic concepts are more elusive than 'possession'. The present collection of articles, selected from an international workshop held in Copenhagen in May 1998, confronts the subject from several angles (lexicon; the semantics of possession and the verb HAVE; the syntax of genitives and other possessive structures; the interaction of verbal and nominal constructions; the semantic and textual implications of the alienable/inalienable distinction, etc.) and approaches (formal semantics; functional semantics; and syntax as diachronic and typological comparisons). The languages covered include both European languages such as Danish, French, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese and Latin, and several American, Australian, African and Asian languages. This volume in which the contributing scholars have sought to examine as many 'dimensions' as possible is of interest to all linguists, in particular those working in the field of typology and functional approaches to language.

Contents:

Dimensions of Possession

Editorial page

Title page

LCC data

Table of Contents

Introduction: Dimensions of possession

Chapter 1. The operational basis of possession: A dimensional approach revisited

Chapter 2. The concept of possession in Danish grammar

Chapter 3. Possession spaces in Danish

Chapter 4. The verb HAVE in Nyulnyulan languages

Chapter 5. Semantics of the verb HAVE

Chapter 6. Possessum-oriented and possessor-oriented constructions in Russian

Chapter 7. Datives and comitatives as neighbouring spouses: The case of indirect objects and comitatives in Danish

Chapter 8. Towards a typology of French NP de NP structures or how much possession is there in complex noun phrases with de i

Chapter 9. Spanish N 'de' N structures from a cognitive perspective

Chapter 10. The grammatical category "Possession'' and the part -whole relation in French

Chapter 11. Kinship in grammar

Chapter 12. (In)alienability and (in)determination in Portuguese

Chapter 13. Possessives with extensive use: A source of definite articles?

Chapter 14. Possessors and experiencers in Classical Latin

Chapter 15. The difference a category makes in the expression of possession and inalienability

Chapter 16. Ways of explaining possession

Index of languages

Index of authors

Index of subjects

The series TYPOLOGICAL STUDIES IN LANGUAGE (TSL).

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786612162350

9781282162358

1282162357

9789027298010

9027298017