The grammar of possession : inalienability, incorporation and possessor ascension in Guaraní / Maura Velazquez Castillo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Velazquez Castillo, Maura.

Series:

Studies in language companion series ; 33.

Studies in language companion series (SLCS), 0165-7763 ; v. 33

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Guarani language--Possessives.

Guarani language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (290 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Amsterdam ; John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Grammar of Possession: Inalienability, incorporation and possessor ascension in Guaraní, is an exhaustive study of linguistic structures in Paraguayan Guaraní which are directly or indirectly associated with the semantic domain of inalienability. Constructions analyzed in the book include adnominal and predicative possessive constructions, noun incorporation, and possessor ascension. Examples are drawn from a rich data base that incorporate native speaker intuitions and resources in the construction of illustrative linguistic forms as well as the analysis of the communicative use of

Contents:

pt. 1. The alienable/inalienable distinction in the grammar of possession

pt. 2. The expression of maximal inalienability : incorporation and possessor ascension.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-267) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-283-28041-8

9786613280411

90-272-8198-X

OCLC:

657052482