The Expression of predicative possession : a comparative study of Belarusian and Lithuanian
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Mokslo publikacijos / Scientific publications
Document Type:
Knyga / Book
Language:
Anglų kalba / English
Title:
The Expression of predicative possession: a comparative study of Belarusian and Lithuanian
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Publication Data:
Berlin : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2015.
Pages:
XIII, 239 p
Series:
Studia typologica; vol. 18
Notes:
Bibliografija ir rodyklės.
Contents:
Acknowledgments — List of abbreviations — Introduction — Possession: an introduction — Defining possession — Approaches to a definition of possession — In quest for a prototype — Describing the semantics of possessive relations — Possessive notions: further remarks — Encoding possession in language — Formal distinctions — The typology of possessive constructions. Considering Heine — The source schemas: a typological survey — Belarusian and Lithuanian in context — The linguistic context of Belarusian and Lithuanian — The expression of predicative possession in Baltic — The expression of predicative possession in Slavic — The expression of possession in the languages of the Circum-Baltic area — Belarusian and Lithuanian in contact — The sociolinguistic context of Belarusian and Lithuanian — The development of Lithuanian: external influences and puristic tendencies — Belarusian: an introduction — Encoding predicative possession in Belarusian and Lithuanian — The sources of the data: the Belarusian and the Lithuanian corpora — The Lithuanian corpus — The Belarusian corpus — The Internet — Native speakers — The source schemas and their realization in Belarusian and Lithuanian — The Action schema in Belarusian — The Action schema in Lithuanian — The Location schema in Belarusian — The Location schema in Lithuanian — The Goal schema in Belarusian — The Goal schema in Lithuanian — The Companion schema in Belarusian — The Companion schema in Lithuanian — The Source schema in Belarusian and Lithuanian — The Equation schema in Belarusian and Lithuanian — Source schemas and possessive notions in Belarusian and Lithuanian: a comparison — The Lithuanian ‘topicalized genitive’ and the Belarusian constructions such as Valasy ŭ jae byli svetlyja, Vočy ŭ jae zjalenyja — Competing strategies: the case of BKI constructions —Remarks about the expression of possession in Old Lithuanian and in Old Belarusian — Belarusian and Lithuanian ‘have’ — Meć competing with u + gen in Belarusian — Restrictions on the use of turėti — Restrictions on the use of turėti and meć: an attempt at an explanation — ‘Have’ as a temporal and modal auxiliary in Belarusian and Lithuanian — Meć and turėti in resultative constructions — Belarusian and Lithuanian ‘have’ in an areal perspective — Conclusions — Semantic maps of predicative possessive constructions in Belarusian and Lithuanian — Similarities and differences in the expression of predicative possession between Belarusian and Lithuanian — Language contact: Belarusian and Lithuanian in areal context. Final remarks — Belarusian and Lithuanian as ‘transitional languages’ — Sources — Reference — Appendix — Index of authors — Index of languages — Index of subjects.
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Reviews:
Recenzija leidinyje
Baltic linguistics. 2016, 7, p. 233-243
Summary / Abstract:
LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Predikatas; Posesyvas; Baltarusių kalba; Tipologija; Tarpkalbinis tyrimas; Semantika; Sintaksė; Predicate; Possession; Belarusian; Typology; Cross-linguistic research; Semantics; Syntax.
ISBN:
9783110412284; 9783110412321 (elektroninis); 9783110412352 (elektroninis)
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