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1 online resource. |
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text file |
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Case and grammatical relations across languages ; volume 5
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Case and grammatical relations across languages ; v. 5.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
This paper analyzes a construction involving genitives in Northern Akhvakh, the floating genitive construction. In this construction, a genitive NP is related to a noun in S or P role but is not included in the NP headed by this noun. The floating genitive identifies the personal sphere of its referent as the frame within which the predication expressed by the clause holds. Functionally, this construction combines the pragmatic motivations of framing constructions with the semantic effects common to other types of external possession constructions. Parallels are proposed between the flo. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. General surveys -- pt. 2. Case studies. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Possessives.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Possessives. |
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax. |
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Language and languages -- Word formation.
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Language and languages. |
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Word formation. |
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Case grammar.
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Case grammar. |
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Carlier, Anne, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Genitive. Amsterdam : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2013 9789027228154 (DLC) 2013010429 |
| ISBN |
9789027291059 (electronic book) |
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9027291055 (electronic book) |
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9789027228154 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9027228159 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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