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

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Studia Typologica [STTYP] : Beihefte / Supplements STUF - Sprachtypologie und Universalienforschung / Language Typology and Universals ; 18Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: 1 online resource (239 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783110412284
  • 9783110412352
  • 9783110412321
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 491.7/995 23/eng/20230216
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  • online - DeGruyter
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  • Issued also in print.
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
Summary: 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).

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

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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).

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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