Possession and Ownership: A Cross-Linguistic Typology

by Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald and R.M.W. Dixon

Book Overview

Possession and Ownership brings together linguists and anthropologists in a series of cross-linguistic explorations of expressions used to denote possession and ownership, concepts central to most if not all the varied cultures and ideologies of humankind. Possessive noun phrases can be broadly divided into three categories - ownership of property, whole-part relations (such as body and plant parts), and blood and affinal kinship relations. As Professor...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199660220
• ISBN13: 9780199660223
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press (UK)
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.5"