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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460590903321

Autore

Mazzitelli Lidia

Titolo

The expression of predicative possession : a comparative study of Belarusian and Lithuanian / / Lidia Federica Mazzitelli

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

3-11-041232-2

3-11-041235-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Collana

Studia Typologica ; ; volume 18

Disciplina

491.7/995

Soggetti

Grammar, Comparative and general - Possessives

Grammar, Comparative and general - Verbal phrase

Grammar, Comparative and general - Grammaticalization

Belarusian language - Grammar, Comparative - Lithuanian

Lithuanian language - Grammar, Comparative - Belarusian

Belarusian language - Grammar

Lithuanian language - Grammar

Typology (Linguistics)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

part 1. Possession : an introduction -- part 2. Belarusian and Lithuanian in context -- part 3. Encoding predicative possession in Belarusian and Lithuanian.

Sommario/riassunto

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) --