Preface |
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Notes on the contributors |
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Abbreviations |
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1 Possession and ownership: a cross-linguistic perspective |
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1 | (64) |
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1 | (1) |
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2 Meanings and forms in possessive noun phrases |
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2 | (25) |
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3 Beyond a noun phrase: possession within a clause |
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27 | (14) |
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4 Possessive marking in its further uses |
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41 | (4) |
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5 Possession and language contact |
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45 | (1) |
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6 Possession in grammar and society |
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46 | (6) |
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7 Possession and ownership: what can we conclude? |
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52 | (2) |
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54 | (11) |
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57 | (8) |
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2 Ownership, part-whole, and other possessive-associative relations in Nelemwa (New Caledonia) |
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65 | (25) |
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1 General characteristics of Nelemwa |
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66 | (4) |
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2 Possessive constructions with animates |
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70 | (4) |
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3 Part-whole and other relations with inanimate determiners |
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74 | (9) |
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4 Possessive determination of nominalizations |
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83 | (1) |
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5 Relational determination of quantifiers |
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84 | (1) |
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6 Possession within a clause: possessive predication |
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85 | (2) |
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87 | (3) |
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88 | (2) |
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3 Possession in Moskona, an East Bird's Head language |
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90 | (17) |
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90 | (1) |
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90 | (1) |
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3 Core types of possessive relationships |
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91 | (1) |
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4 Possession in noun phrases |
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91 | (9) |
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5 Possession expressed by a clause |
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100 | (5) |
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105 | (1) |
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7 Possession and language contact |
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105 | (1) |
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106 | (1) |
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106 | (1) |
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4 Possession and ownership in Manambu, a Ndu language from the Sepik area, Papua New Guinea |
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107 | (19) |
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1 The Manambu and their possessions |
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107 | (1) |
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2 The Manambu language: a typological snapshot |
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108 | (1) |
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3 Meanings and forms of possessive noun phrases |
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109 | (8) |
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4 Possession within a clause |
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117 | (3) |
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5 Intangible possessions: clans, totems, and names |
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120 | (4) |
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6 Possession in grammar and society |
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124 | (2) |
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125 | (1) |
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5 Possession in Martuthunira |
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126 | (23) |
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1 Meanings and forms of nominal possessive constructions |
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127 | (13) |
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140 | (4) |
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144 | (2) |
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4 Verbal coding of possession |
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146 | (1) |
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147 | (2) |
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148 | (1) |
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149 | (18) |
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149 | (1) |
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2 Sociolinguistic and and typological background |
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149 | (1) |
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3 Possession in the noun phrase |
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150 | (8) |
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4 Possession in the verb phrase |
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158 | (6) |
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5 Possession-like constructions: part-whole classifier constructions |
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164 | (1) |
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6 Culture contact and possession |
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165 | (2) |
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166 | (1) |
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7 Possession and association in Galo language and culture |
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167 | (19) |
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167 | (1) |
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2 Possession in the noun phrase: the Genitive |
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167 | (8) |
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175 | (7) |
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4 Possession and ownership in Galo culture |
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182 | (1) |
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5 Possession or association? An evolutionary perspective |
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183 | (3) |
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184 | (2) |
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8 Possessive constructions in Mandarin Chinese |
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186 | (22) |
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186 | (1) |
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2 Possessive constructions and possessive marking in Chinese |
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187 | (6) |
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3 Possessives, classifiers, demonstratives, and definiteness |
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193 | (2) |
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4 Possession within the clause |
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195 | (5) |
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5 Possession in morpho-syntax, lexicon, and society |
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200 | (4) |
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204 | (4) |
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204 | (4) |
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208 | (16) |
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208 | (2) |
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210 | (9) |
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219 | (3) |
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222 | (2) |
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223 | (1) |
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10 Possessive constructions in Likpe (Sεkpεle) |
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224 | (19) |
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224 | (2) |
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2 Likpe: the language and its speakers |
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226 | (3) |
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3 Nominal possessive constructions |
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229 | (8) |
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4 Predicative possessive constructions |
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237 | (2) |
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5 Contact and areal dimensions |
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239 | (1) |
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240 | (3) |
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241 | (2) |
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243 | (18) |
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243 | (2) |
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2 Relational modification |
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245 | (1) |
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3 Modification of non-relational constituents |
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246 | (5) |
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4 Modification of relational nouns |
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251 | (3) |
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5 Nominal modification of relational nouns |
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254 | (1) |
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6 Definiteness of the head with the third-person pronoun |
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255 | (1) |
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256 | (2) |
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8 Possessive interpretations of existential predications |
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258 | (2) |
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260 | (1) |
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260 | (1) |
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12 Spirits of the forest, the wind, and new wealth: defining some of the possibilities, and limits, of Kamula possession |
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261 | (13) |
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1 Some mainly Melanesian arguments about possession |
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261 | (2) |
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2 Possession, spirits, and sources |
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263 | (1) |
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3 The Kamula and their language |
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264 | (1) |
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4 Person, place, and possession |
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265 | (1) |
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266 | (2) |
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6 Aiyalma and edging toward exclusive possession |
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268 | (1) |
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7 Climate change, clean wind, and oil as theft |
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269 | (2) |
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271 | (3) |
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272 | (2) |
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13 Being and belonging: exchange, value, and land ownership in the Western Highlands of Papua New Guinea |
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274 | (17) |
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274 | (2) |
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276 | (1) |
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3 Principles of social organization and land tenure in the Nebilyer Valley |
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277 | (1) |
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4 Linguistic dimensions of possession and ownership |
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278 | (4) |
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5 The `Segmentary Person' |
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282 | (1) |
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6 The Ganiga and their neighbour, Joe Leahy |
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283 | (5) |
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288 | (3) |
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289 | (2) |
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14 Possession and also ownership---vignettes |
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291 | (18) |
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1 Comitative and privative used for predicative possession |
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291 | (3) |
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2 Possessor as head of an inalienable construction |
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294 | (8) |
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3 What can be possessed, and owned |
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302 | (7) |
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308 | (1) |
Index of authors |
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309 | (4) |
Index of languages, language families, linguistic areas, and ethnic groups |
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313 | (3) |
Index of subjects |
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