by Leon Stassen (Author)
This pioneering work draws on on data from over 400 languages from a wide range of language families to establish a typology of four basic types of predicative possession. It examines their interdependence with other typologies, and explores varieties of related grammaticalization processes.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 640
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 07 May 2009
ISBN 10: 0199211655
ISBN 13: 9780199211654