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

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Empirical Approaches to Language Typology [EALT] ; 14Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2011]Copyright date: ©1996Edition: Reprint 2011Description: 1 online resource (931 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783110128048
  • 9783110822137
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 415 22
LOC classification:
  • P299.P67 G73 1996eb
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  • online - DeGruyter
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  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
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
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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

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