The Grammar of Inalienability : : A Typological Perspective on Body Part Terms and the Part-Whole Relation / / ed. by Hilary Chappell, William McGregor.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Linguistics and Semiotics 1990 - 1999
• MitwirkendeR: Ameka, Felix,; Bally, Charles,; Bavin, Edith L,; Burridge, Kate,; Chappell, Hilary,; Clark, Marybeth,; Crowley, Terry,; Evans, Nicholas,; Harvey, Mark,; Hosokawa, Komei,; Hyman, Larry M.,; Leeding, Velma J.,; Manoliu-Manea, Maria,; McGregor, William,; McKay, Graham R.,; Mithun, Marianne,; Neumann, Dorothea,; Osumi, Midori,; Thompson, Chad,; Tsunoda, Tasaku,; Walsh, Michael,
• HerausgeberIn: Chappell, Hilary,; McGregor, William,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2011]; ©1996
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Edition: Reprint 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Empirical Approaches to Language Typology [EALT] , 14
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (931 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Dedication --; Preface --; Map --; Contents --; Part I: Introduction --; Prolegomena to a theory of inalienability --; The expression of concepts of the personal domain and indivisibility in Indo-European languages --; Part II: Languages of Australia --; The syntax and semantics of body part incorporation in Mayali --; Body parts in Warray --; “My face am burning!”: quasi-passive, body parts, and related issues in Yawuru grammar and cultural concepts --; Body parts and possession in Anindilyakwa --; The grammar of nominal prefixing in Nyulnyul --; Body parts, possession marking and nominal classes in Ndjébbana --; Body parts in Murrinh-Patha: incorporation, grammar and metaphor --; Part III: Languages of the Pacific --; Inalienable possession in Paamese grammar --; Body parts in Tinrin --; Part IV: Languages of Asia --; Inalienability and the personal domain in Mandarin Chinese discourse --; Where do you feel? – Stative verbs and body-part terms in Mainland Southeast Asia --; The possession cline in Japanese and other languages --; Part V: Languages of North America --; Multiple reflections of inalienability in Mohawk --; On the grammar of body parts in Koyukon Athabaskan --; Part VI: Languages of Europe --; Degenerate cases of body parts in Middle Dutch --; Inalienability and topicality in Romanian: Pragma-semantics of syntax --; The dative and the grammar of body parts in German --; Part VII: Languages of Africa --; Body parts in Ewe grammar --; Body parts in Acholi: alienable and inalienable distinctions and extended uses --; The syntax of body parts in Haya --; Part VIII: Bibliography --; Bibliography on inalienability --; Authors’ Adresses --; Subject Index --; Language Index --; Author Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110822137; 9783110636895
• ISSN: 0933-761X
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110822137
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Hilary Chappell, William McGregor.