Possessive constructions in Tolai

  • Possessive constructions are grammatical constructions which contain two nominals and express that the referent of one of these nominals belongs to the other. The kind of relationship denoted by possessive constructions is not only that of ownership (1), as the term "possessive" might suggest, but also that of kinship (2), bodypart relationship (3), part/whole relationship (4) and similar relationships [...]. The following investigation will start with possessive constructions on phrase level, i.e. possessive phrases, and then deal with possessive constructions on clause level.

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Author:Ulrike Mosel
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-251392
Parent Title (German):Kölner Universalienprojekt: Arbeiten des Kölner Universalien-Projekts ; Nr. 44
Series (Serial Number):Arbeiten des Kölner Universalien-Projekts : akup (44)
Publisher:Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, Institut für Linguistik, Universität zu Köln
Place of publication:Köln
Document Type:Working Paper
Language:English
Year of Completion:1982
Year of first Publication:1982
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2012/09/12
GND Keyword:Possessivität; Possessivkonstruktion; Kuanua
Page Number:67
HeBIS-PPN:349588783
Sammlungen:Linguistik
Linguistik-Klassifikation:Linguistik-Klassifikation: Sprachtypologie / Language typology
Linguistik-Klassifikation: Semantik / Semantics
Licence (German):License LogoDeutsches Urheberrecht