Predicative Possession

Predicative Possession
Author: Leon Stassen
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 831
Release: 2009-05-07
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0199211655


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This pioneering work draws on on data from over 400 languages from a wide range of language families to establish a typology of four basic types of predicative possession. It examines their interdependence with other typologies, and explores varieties of related grammaticalization processes.