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

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2015 Part 1
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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
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Physical Description:1 online resource (239 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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