Split possession: an areal-linguistic study of the alienability correlation and related phenomena in the languages of europe
Auteur :
Stolz, Thomas
Éditeur :
Stolz, ThomasKettler, Sonja,Stroh, Cornelia,Urdze, Aina,
ISBN :
9789027205681
Date de publication :
21 mai 2008
Dimensions :
24,5 x 16,4 cm
Poids :
1130 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Bonaire, Saba
Offers a functional-typological study of possession splits in European languages. This book shows that genetically and structurally diverse languages such as Icelandic, Welsh, and Maltese display possessive systems which are sensitive to semantically based distinctions reminiscent of the alienability correlation.