Predicative possession in North Saami and Norwegian
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Lidia Federica Mazzitelli
Abstract
This paper describes the strategies employed by North Saami (Uralic, Saamic) and Norwegian (Indo-European, North Germanic) to express predicative possession. It shows that both North Saami and Norwegian do not provide evidence of splits in their possession systems; rather, they use the same constructions to express both ownership as well as less prototypical possessive notions, displaying a typical European behaviour. The expression of some notions contiguous to possession, namely experience, location and attribution is also analyzed: these are rarely coded by means of possessive constructions in Norwegian, but more often in North Saami.
Abstract
This paper describes the strategies employed by North Saami (Uralic, Saamic) and Norwegian (Indo-European, North Germanic) to express predicative possession. It shows that both North Saami and Norwegian do not provide evidence of splits in their possession systems; rather, they use the same constructions to express both ownership as well as less prototypical possessive notions, displaying a typical European behaviour. The expression of some notions contiguous to possession, namely experience, location and attribution is also analyzed: these are rarely coded by means of possessive constructions in Norwegian, but more often in North Saami.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction 1
- Expressing ‘possession’ 7
- Predicative possession in revived Cornish 27
- Possessive chains and Possessor Camouflage 51
- On Turkish non-canonical possessives 85
- Predicative possession in South Saami 103
- Predicative possession in Oghuz and Kipchak Turkic languages 125
- Pronominal and adjectival attributive possession in spoken Czech 149
- Predicative possession in North Saami and Norwegian 169
- Possession and ownership in Modern Uyghur 187
- Superlative readings of possessive constructions in Turkic 205
- Possession in Khinalug 239
- A diachronic perspective on alienability splits in Icelandic attributive possession 267
- Grammaticalization of possessive markers in the Beserman dialect of Udmurt 291
- On belonging 313
- Competing possessive constructions in Late Latin documents from Italy 365
- Languages and language families and areas 393
- Name index 397
- Subject index 401
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction 1
- Expressing ‘possession’ 7
- Predicative possession in revived Cornish 27
- Possessive chains and Possessor Camouflage 51
- On Turkish non-canonical possessives 85
- Predicative possession in South Saami 103
- Predicative possession in Oghuz and Kipchak Turkic languages 125
- Pronominal and adjectival attributive possession in spoken Czech 149
- Predicative possession in North Saami and Norwegian 169
- Possession and ownership in Modern Uyghur 187
- Superlative readings of possessive constructions in Turkic 205
- Possession in Khinalug 239
- A diachronic perspective on alienability splits in Icelandic attributive possession 267
- Grammaticalization of possessive markers in the Beserman dialect of Udmurt 291
- On belonging 313
- Competing possessive constructions in Late Latin documents from Italy 365
- Languages and language families and areas 393
- Name index 397
- Subject index 401
