Dimensions of possession
By: edited by Irène Baron, Michael Herslund, Finn Sorensen.
Contributors: Baron, Irène.; Herslund, Michael.; Sørensen, Finn, 1942-
Series: Typological studies in language,; v. 47
Publisher: John Benjamins Pub. Co.
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Philadelphia, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 335
Subjects: Grammar, Comparative and general -- Possessives.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Introduction: Dimensions of possession 1; title: Michael Herslund and Irene Baron; title: 1. The operational basis of possession:; title: A dimensional approach revisited 27; title: Hansjakob Seiler; title: 2. The concept of possession in Danish grammar 41; title: Ole Togeby; title: 3. Possession spaces in Danish 57; title: Finn S0rensen; title: 4. The verb HAVE in Nyulnyulan languages 67; title: William McGregor; title: 5. Semantics of the verb HAVE 85; title: Irene Baron and Michael Herslund; title: 6. Possessum-oriented and possessor-oriented constructions; title: in Russian 99; title: Per Durst-Andersen; title: 7. Datives and comitatives as neighbouring spouses; title: The case of indirect objects and comitatives in Danish 115; title: Lars Heltoft; title: 8. Towards a typology of French NP de NP structures or how much; title: possession is there in complex noun phrases with de in French? 147; title: Inge Bartning; title: 9. Spanish N de N structures from a cognitive perspective 169; title: Henrik Hoeg Muller; title: 10. The grammatical category "Possession"; title: and the part-whole relation in French 187; title: Martin Riegel; title: 11. Kinship in grammar 201; title: Osten Dahl and Maria Koptjevskaja-Tamm; title: 12. (In)alienability and (in)determination in Portuguese 227; title: Anne-Marie Spanoghe; title: 13. Possessives with extensive use:; title: A source of definite articles? 243; title: Kari Fraurud; title: 14. Possessors and experiencers in Classical Latin 269; title: A. Machtelt Bolkestein; title: 15. The difference a category makes in the expression; title: of possession and inalienability 285; title: Marianne Mithun; title: 16. Ways of explaining possession 311; title: Bernd Heine.