Dimensions of Possession: 47 (Typological Studies in Language) - Hardcover

9789027229519: Dimensions of Possession: 47 (Typological Studies in Language)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9027229511 ISBN 13: 9789027229519

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co, 2001

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.

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Part of the "Typological Studies in Language" series, this text is functionally and typologically oriented, and examines dimensions of possession. Topics include: the concept of possession in Danish grammar, the verb "have", and Spanish N de N structures from a cognitive perspective.

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