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In:Dimensions of Possession
Edited by Irène Baron, Michael Herslund and Finn Sørensen
[Typological Studies in Language 47] 2001
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Published online: 4 December 2001

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Table of contents

Introduction: Dimensions of possession1

Michael Herslund

1. The operational basis of possession: A dimensional approach revisited27

Hansjakob Seiler

2. The concept of possession in Danish grammar41

3. Possession spaces in Danish57

4. The verb HAVE in Nyulnyulan languages67

William B. McGregor

5. Semantics of the verb HAVE85

Michael Herslund

6. Possessum-oriented and prossessor-oriented constructions in Russian99

Per Durst-Andersen

7. Datives and comitatives as neighbouring spouses: The case of indirect objects and comitatives in Danish115

8. Towards a typology of French NP de NP structures or how much possession is there in complex noun phrases with de in French?147

9. Spanish N de N structures from a cognitive perspective169

Henrik Høeg Müller

10. The grammatical category “Possession” and the part-whole relation in French187

11. Kinship in grammar201

Maria Koptjevskaja-Tamm

12. (In)alienability and (in)determination in Portuguese227

Anne-Marie Spanoghe

13. Possessives with extensive use: A source of definite articles?243

14. Possessors and experiencers in Classical Latin269

A. Machtelt Bolkestein

15. The difference a category makes in the expression of possession and inalienability285

Marianne Mithun

16. Ways of explaining possession311

Index of languages329

Index of authors331

Index of subjects334