The Expression of Predicative Possession : : A Comparative Study of Belarusian and Lithuanian / / Lidia Mazzitelli.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2015 Part 1
• VerfasserIn: Mazzitelli, Lidia,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Studia Typologica [STTYP] : Beihefte / Supplements STUF - Sprachtypologie und Universalienforschung / Language Typology and Universals , 18
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (239 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Acknowledgments --; Contents --; List of Abbreviations --; Introduction --; Part I: Possession: an introduction --; 1. Defining possession --; 2. Encoding possession in language --; Part II: Belarusian and Lithuanian in context --; 3. The linguistic context of Belarusian and Lithuanian --; 4. The sociolinguistic context of Belarusian and Lithuanian --; Part III: Encoding predicative possession in Belarusian and Lithuanian --; 5. The sources of the data: the Belarusian and the Lithuanian corpora --; 6. The source schemas and their realization in Belarusian and Lithuanian --; 7. Belarusian and Lithuanian ‘have’ --; 8. Conclusions --; Sources --; References --; Appendix --; Index of Authors --; Index of Languages --; Index of Subjects
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110412321; 9783110762518; 9783110700985; 9783110742961; 9783110439687; 9783110438710
• ISSN: 1617-2957
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110412321
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Lidia Mazzitelli.

This book discusses the constructions used in Belarusian and Lithuanian to express predicative Possession. The work is written within a typological frame: the Belarusian and Lithuanian constructions are analyzed in the light of the typology of the possessive predicative constructions proposed by Heine (1997).