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Mazzitelli, Lidia Federica (2017). Predicative possession in the languages of the Circum-Baltic area. Folia Linguist., 51 (1). S. 1 - 61. BERLIN: WALTER DE GRUYTER GMBH. ISSN 1614-7308

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Abstract

This paper deals with the linguistic means used to express predicative possession in the languages of the Circum-Baltic area. The domain of possession is considered here as a prototypically organized domain, where the prototype is the notion of ownership. It is shown that most languages of the area do not provide evidence of splits in their possession systems: rather, they extend the scope of use of their ownership constructions to include all other non-prototypical possessive notions. The linguistic expression of notions that belong to domains neighboring possession, namely experience, location and attribution, is also analyzed. The results show that these notions are rarely coded by means of possessive constructions: exceptions are explained by invoking semantic causes as well as language contact. A comparison of the functions fulfilled by have-verbs in the Indo-European languages of the area and by adessive constructions in the Finnic languages is provided, too, and their different scopes of use are explained with reference to their diachronic development and to processes of areal convergence.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Mazzitelli, Lidia Federica UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-234946
DOI:	10.1515/flin-2017-0001
Journal or Publication Title:	Folia Linguist.
Volume:	51
Number:	1
Page Range:	S. 1 - 61
Date:	2017
Publisher:	WALTER DE GRUYTER GMBH
Place of Publication:	BERLIN
ISSN:	1614-7308
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language Linguistics; Language & Linguistics Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/23494