Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents vii
3. Figures and Tables xi
4. List of Abbreviations xiii
5. Acknowledgments xv
6. 1. Introduction 1
7. Part One: The Alienable/Inalienable Distinction in the Grammar of Possession
8. Introduction to Part One 21
9. 2. The Alienability/Inalienability Opposition in Language 23
10. 3. The Alienability/Inalienability Contrast in Guaraní Possessive Constructions 45
11. Part Two: The Expression of Maximal Inalienability
12. Introduction to Part Two 95
13. 4. Noun Incorporation in Guaraní 99
14. 5. Incorporation of Body-part Terms 129
15. 6. The Discourse Function of the NI+PA Construction 165
16. 7. Conclusions 199
17. Appendix A: Semantic Classification of Guaraní Lexical Roots 209
18. Appendix B: Inventory of Conventionalized Incorporated Structures 227
19. Appendix C: Text of Guaraní Folk Tale Analyzed in Section 6.2 241
20. Notes 247
21. References 257
22. Subject index 269
23. Author index 273