Degenerate cases of body parts in Middle Dutch

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Dedication V
3. Preface VII
4. Map IX
5. Contents XI
6. Part I: Introduction
7. Prolegomena to a theory of inalienability 3
8. The expression of concepts of the personal domain and indivisibility in Indo-European languages 31
9. Part II: Languages of Australia
10. The syntax and semantics of body part incorporation in Mayali 65
11. Body parts in Warray 111
12. “My face am burning!”: quasi-passive, body parts, and related issues in Yawuru grammar and cultural concepts 155
13. Body parts and possession in Anindilyakwa 193
14. The grammar of nominal prefixing in Nyulnyul 251
15. Body parts, possession marking and nominal classes in Ndjébbana 293
16. Body parts in Murrinh-Patha: incorporation, grammar and metaphor 327
17. Part III: Languages of the Pacific
18. Inalienable possession in Paamese grammar 383
19. Body parts in Tinrin 433
20. Part IV: Languages of Asia
21. Inalienability and the personal domain in Mandarin Chinese discourse 465
22. Where do you feel? – Stative verbs and body-part terms in Mainland Southeast Asia 529
23. The possession cline in Japanese and other languages 565
24. Part V: Languages of North America
25. Multiple reflections of inalienability in Mohawk 633
26. On the grammar of body parts in Koyukon Athabaskan 651
27. Part VI: Languages of Europe
28. Degenerate cases of body parts in Middle Dutch 679
29. Inalienability and topicality in Romanian: Pragma-semantics of syntax 711
30. The dative and the grammar of body parts in German 745
31. Part VII: Languages of Africa
32. Body parts in Ewe grammar 783
33. Body parts in Acholi: alienable and inalienable distinctions and extended uses 841
34. The syntax of body parts in Haya 865
35. Part VIII: Bibliography
36. Bibliography on inalienability 893
37. Authors’ Adresses 913
38. Subject Index 915
39. Language Index 925
40. Author Index 929