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Possession : cognitive sources, forces, and grammaticalization /
In this new work, Bernd Heine claims 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 po...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, U.K. :
Cambridge University Press,
1997.
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| Colección: | Cambridge studies in linguistics ;
83. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In this new work, Bernd Heine claims 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. Heine identifies these patterns, and using grammaticalization theory he describes how each affects the word order and morphosyntax of the resulting possessive construction. He argues that grammaticalization theory explains much of the observable typological diversity which characterizes 'have'-constructions in the world's languages. Illustrated by a wealth of examples, this is an original and important statement from a leading linguist. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 274 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-263) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 0585037280 9780585037288 9780521550376 0521550378 0511581904 9780511581908 0511000723 9780511000720 |
| ISSN: | 0068-676X |