Description |
1 online resource |
Series |
Oxford linguistics |
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Oxford linguistics.
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Contents |
Towards a typology of prominent internal possessors / Irina Nikolaeva, András Bárány, Oliver Bond -- The syntax of possessor prominence in Maithili / Yogendra P. Yadava, Oliver Bond, Irina Nikolaeva, Sandy Ritchie -- Prominent possessor indexing in Gurindji / Oliver Bond, Felicity Meakins, Rachel Nordlinger -- Disjoint and reflexive prominent internal possessor constructions in Chimane / Sandy Ritchie -- Extended agreement in Oneida (Iroquoian) / Bond Jean-Pierre Koenig, Karin Michelson -- Conditions on prominent internal possessors in Turkish / Asli Göksel, Balkiz Öztürk -- Prominent internal possessors in Bashkir / Sergey Say -- Proximate possessors / Irina Nikolaeva, András Bárány |
Summary |
This volume is the first to provide a comprehensive cross-linguistic overview of the clause-level argument-like behaviour of internal possessors. It offers focused case studies of the syntactic, semantics, and pragmatics of the phenomenon in languages of the Americas, Eurasia, South Asia, and Australia, based on novel data collected by the authors |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Possessives -- Cross-cultural studies
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Clauses -- Cross-cultural studies
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Comparative linguistics.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar & Punctuation.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Syntax.
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Comparative linguistics
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Clauses
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Possessives
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Cross-cultural studies
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Bárány, András, editor.
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Bond, Oliver, editor.
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Nikolaeva, Irina, editor
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ISBN |
9780192540157 |
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0192540157 |
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9780191850103 |
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0191850101 |
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