Possession : Cognitive Sources, Forces, and Grammaticalization

Name: Possession
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9780521024136
Price: 6300 KES
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ISBN: 9780521024136

by Bernd Heine

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Format Paperback / softback

Book Series Cambridge Studies in Linguistics

ISBN-10 0521024137

ISBN-13 9780521024136

Publisher Cambridge University Press

Imprint Cambridge University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Feb 13th, 2006

Print length 292 Pages

Weight 444 grams

Dimensions 22.80 x 15.20 x 1.80 cms

Product Classification: Grammar, syntax & morphology Grammar, syntax and morphology

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Bernd Heine argues that the structure of grammatical categories is predictable to a large extent once we know the range of possible cognitive structures from which they are derived. Heine uses as his example the structure of predicative possession, and shows how most of the possessive constructions to be found in the world's languages can be traced back to a small set of basic conceptual patterns.

In this new work, Bernd Heine claims that the structure of grammatical categories is predictable to a large extent once we know the range of possible cognitive structures from which they are derived. The author uses as his example the structure of predicative possession, and shows how most of the possessive constructions to be found in the world's languages can be traced back to a small set of basic conceptual patterns. Heine identifies these patterns, and using grammaticalization theory he describes how each affects the word order and morphosyntax of the resulting possessive construction. He argues that grammaticalization theory explains much of the observable typological diversity which characterizes 'have'-constructions in the world's languages. Illustrated by a wealth of examples, this is an original and important statement from a leading linguist.

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