| Possession: Cognitive Sources, Forces, and Grammaticalization Contributor(s): Heine, Bernd (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521550378 ISBN-13: 9780521550376 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $123.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 1997 Annotation: Bernd Heine argues that the structure of grammatical categories is predictable to a large extent once we know the range of possible cognitive structures from which they are derived. The author uses as his example the structure of predicative possession, and shows how most of the possessive constructions to be found in the world's languages can be traced back to a small set of basic conceptual patterns. Using grammaticalization theory Heine describes how each affects the word order and morphosyntax of the resulting possessive construction. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| Dewey: 415 |
| LCCN: 96026940 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Linguistics (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 0.97" H x 6.24" W x 9.26" (1.30 lbs) 292 pages |