Independent and dependent possessive person forms: Three universals
- 所属单位:莱比锡大学
- 发表刊物:Studies in Language
- 刊物所在地:荷兰
- 关键字:alienability; constituent order; frequency; independent person forms; length; universal
- 摘要:This study explores the coding asymmetry between independent and dependent possessive person forms (as in English mine/my) from a cross-linguistic perspective. On the basis of a typological survey of 70 geographically and genealogically diverse languages, this paper identifies three universal tendencies: the length universal, the constituent order universal and the alienability universal. First, the length universal claims that independent possessive person forms are either longer or as long as the dependent possessive person forms. Second, the constituent order universal claims that the inter
- 论文类型:期刊论文
- 学科门类:文学
- 文献类型:J
- 卷号:44
- 期号:2
- 页面范围:363-406
- 字数:12261
- ISSN号:0378-4177
- 是否译文:否
- 收录刊物:SSCI
- 发表时间:2020-06-10
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