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Peer reviewedKliffer, Michael D. – Language Sciences, 1996
Examines inalienable possession in French and Mandarin with the aim of bringing out typological affinities. In particular, two unresolved issues are re-examined: Haiman's Iconicity Hypothesis and the question of the protypical semantic categories of iposs. (32 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, French, Hypothesis Testing, Language Typology
