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LINGUIST List 24.899

Tue Feb 19 2013

Books: Morphosyntactic Categories and the Expression of Possession: Börjars, Denison, Scott (Eds)

Editor for this issue: Rebekah McClure <rebekahlinguistlist.org>

Date: 11-Feb-2013
From: Karin Plijnaar <karin.plijnaarbenjamins.nl>
Subject: Morphosyntactic Categories and the Expression of Possession: Börjars, Denison, Scott (Eds)
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Title: Morphosyntactic Categories and the Expression of Possession
Series Title: Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today 199
Published: 2013
Publisher: John Benjamins
                http://www.benjamins.com/

Book URL: http://benjamins.com/catalog/la.199

Editor: Kersti Börjars
Editor: David Denison
Editor: Alan Scott
Electronic: ISBN: 9789027273000 Pages: Price: U.S. $ 149.00
Electronic: ISBN: 9789027273000 Pages: Price: Europe EURO 99.00
Electronic: ISBN: 9789027273000 Pages: Price: U.K. £ 83.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9789027255822 Pages: Price: Europe EURO 104.94
Hardback: ISBN: 9789027255822 Pages: Price: U.K. £ 83.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9789027255822 Pages: Price: U.S. $ 149.00
Abstract:

The analysis of constructions denoting possession (particularly, but not exclusively, in English) has long presented a challenge to morpho-syntactic theory and has been a topic of debate for some time. The papers presented here afford thought-provoking insights into the morphosyntactic nature of possessive markers under a variety of theoretical frameworks. The distribution of phrases expressing possession is explored in a range of languages (including English, Swedish, Urdu and West Flemish), with rigorous exploitation of corpus data and careful statistical analysis. Descriptions and analyses represent the state of the art in research into possessive constructions. Particular attention is paid to the English possessive ’s, both synchronically and diachronically. This volume is essential for scholars interested in theoretical and corpus-based linguistics, morphosyntactic constructions, and the expression of possession.

Linguistic Field(s): Linguistic Theories
                            Morphology
                            Syntax

Written In: English (eng)

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