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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818758303321

Titolo

The genitive / / edited by Anne Carlier, Jean-Christophe Verstraete

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2013

ISBN

90-272-9105-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

356 p. : col. ill

Collana

Case and grammatical relations across languages ; ; v. 5

Altri autori (Persone)

CarlierAnne

VerstraeteJean-Christophe

Disciplina

415/.5

Soggetti

Grammar, Comparative and general - Possessives

Grammar, Comparative and general - Syntax

Grammar, Comparative and general - Word formation

Case grammar

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. General surveys -- pt. 2. Case studies.

Sommario/riassunto

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 floating genitives of Northern Akhvakh and functionally comparable constructions found in other languages. This construction illustrates the development of an uncommon type of external possessors in a language family in which external possession has so far been considered relatively marginal.