19. Inalienable possession in Japanese, English, and Warrongo

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface v
3. Introduction to the Handbooks of Japanese Language and Linguistics vii
4. Contributors xxxix
5. Introduction 1
6. I. Verbal constructions and related issues
7. 1. Transitivity in Japanese from a typological perspective 17
8. 2. Non-canonical constructions in Japanese: A crosslinguistic perspective 57
9. 3. Voice extension in passives and causatives 109
10. 4. Causative constructions in Japanese and Korean 137
11. 5. Entailed and intended results in Japanese and Burmese accomplishment verbs 173
12. 6. Resultative constructions in Japanese from a typological perspective 193
13. 7. Verb–Verb compounding in Japanese and Turkish 227
14. 8. Ainu complex predicates with reference to Japanese 247
15. 9. Motion event descriptions in Japanese from typological perspectives 273
16. 10. Deictic motion constructions in Japanese and Thai 291
17. 11. Event integration patterns in Sidaama and Japanese 313
18. II. Nominal constructions and related issues
19. 12. Nominalization in crosslinguistic perspective 345
20. 13. Clausal noun-modifying constructions 411
21. 14. Noun-modifying constructions in Swahili and Japanese 433
22. 15. Quantifier float in Japanese and English 453
23. 16. Measure nouns and numerals 477
24. 17. Japanese spatial deixis in crosslinguistic perspective 507
25. 18. ‘Who’, ‘what’, and ‘which’ in Japanese and Chinese 533
26. 19. Inalienable possession in Japanese, English, and Warrongo 557
27. III. Aspect, modality, and prediction
28. 20. Continuous aspects in Japanese, Newar and Meche 589
29. 21. Modality in Japanese from a crosslinguistic perspective 611
30. 22. Modality in Japanese and Spanish 635
31. 23. Internal state predicates in Japanese and Thai 653
32. 24. Property predication in Koryak viewed from Japanese 677
33. 25. Subordination and insubordination in Japanese from a crosslinguistic perspective 697
34. Subject index 719