The Grammar of Inalienability: A Typological Perspective on Body Part Terms and the Part-Whole Relation

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The Grammar of Inalienability

A Typological Perspective on Body Part Terms and the Part-Whole Relation

Edited by: Hilary Chappell and William McGregor

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1996

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Volume 14 | Empirical Approaches to Language Typology [EALT]

Topics

Linguistics and Semiotics Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines Functional Theories of Grammar
Linguistics and Semiotics Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines Linguistic Typology
Linguistics and Semiotics Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines Philosophy of Language

Frontmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	I
Dedication Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	V
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	VII
Map Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	IX
Contents Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	XI
Part I: Introduction
Prolegomena to a theory of inalienability Hilary Chappell and William McGregor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	3
The expression of concepts of the personal domain and indivisibility in Indo-European languages Charles Bally Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	31
Part II: Languages of Australia
The syntax and semantics of body part incorporation in Mayali Nicholas Evans Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	65
Body parts in Warray Mark Harvey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	111
“My face am burning!”: quasi-passive, body parts, and related issues in Yawuru grammar and cultural concepts Komei Hosokawa Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	155
Body parts and possession in Anindilyakwa Velma J. Leeding Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	193
The grammar of nominal prefixing in Nyulnyul William McGregor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	251
Body parts, possession marking and nominal classes in Ndjébbana Graham R. McKay Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	293
Body parts in Murrinh-Patha: incorporation, grammar and metaphor Michael Walsh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	327
Part III: Languages of the Pacific
Inalienable possession in Paamese grammar Terry Crowley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	383
Body parts in Tinrin Midori Osumi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	433
Part IV: Languages of Asia
Inalienability and the personal domain in Mandarin Chinese discourse Hilary Chappell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	465
Where do you feel? – Stative verbs and body-part terms in Mainland Southeast Asia Marybeth Clark Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	529
The possession cline in Japanese and other languages Tasaku Tsunoda Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	565
Part V: Languages of North America
Multiple reflections of inalienability in Mohawk Marianne Mithun Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	633
On the grammar of body parts in Koyukon Athabaskan Chad Thompson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	651
Part VI: Languages of Europe
Degenerate cases of body parts in Middle Dutch Kate Burridge Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	679
Inalienability and topicality in Romanian: Pragma-semantics of syntax Maria Manoliu-Manea Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	711
The dative and the grammar of body parts in German Dorothea Neumann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	745
Part VII: Languages of Africa
Body parts in Ewe grammar Felix Ameka Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	783
Body parts in Acholi: alienable and inalienable distinctions and extended uses Edith L Bavin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	841
The syntax of body parts in Haya Larry M. Hyman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	865
Part VIII: Bibliography
Bibliography on inalienability Hilary Chappell and William McGregor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	893
Authors’ Adresses Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	913
Subject Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	915
Language Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	925
Author Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	929

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August 25, 2011

eBook ISBN:

9783110822137

Hardcover published on:

November 30, 1995

Hardcover ISBN:

9783110128048

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Reprint 2011

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13

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931

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110822137

eBook ISBN: 9783110822137

Hardcover ISBN: 9783110128048

Keywords for this book

Possessivität; Körperteil; Wortfeld

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