12. (In)alienability and (in)determination in Portuguese

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. 1. The operational basis of possession: A dimensional approach revisited 27
5. 2. The concept of possession in Danish grammar 41
6. 3. Possession spaces in Danish 57
7. 4. The verb HAVE in Nyulnyulan languages 67
8. 5. Semantics of the verb HAVE 85
9. 6. Possessum-oriented and prossessor-oriented constructions in Russian 99
10. 7. Datives and comitatives as neighbouring spouses: The case of indirect objects and comitatives in Danish 115
11. 8. Towards a typology of French NP de NP structures or how much possession is there in complex noun phrases with de in French? 147
12. 9. Spanish N de N structures from a cognitive perspective 169
13. 10. The grammatical category “Possession” and the part-whole relation in French 187
14. 11. Kinship in grammar 201
15. 12. (In)alienability and (in)determination in Portuguese 227
16. 13. Possessives with extensive use: A source of definite articles? 243
17. 14. Possessors and experiencers in Classical Latin 269
18. 15. The difference a category makes in the expression of possession and inalienability 285
19. 16. Ways of explaining possession 311
20. Index of languages 329
21. Index of authors 331
22. Index of subjects 334