6. Some notes on the structure of alienable and inalienable possessors

Alexiadou, Artemis

doi:10.1075/la.56.12ale

In:From NP to DP: Volume 2: The expression of possession in noun phrases
Edited by Martine Coene and Yves D’hulst
[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today 56] 2003
► pp. 167–188

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6. Some notes on the structure of alienable and inalienable possessors

Artemis Alexiadou

Published online: 17 July 2003

https://doi.org/10.1075/la.56.12ale

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