Commonalities of French and Mandarin Inalienable Possession.

Kliffer, Michael D.

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ERIC Number: EJ532541

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Publication Date: 1996

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Commonalities of French and Mandarin Inalienable Possession.

Kliffer, Michael D.

Language Sciences, v18 n1-2 p53-69 Jan-Apr 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, Linguistic Theory, Mandarin Chinese, Models, Nouns, Phrase Structure, Pronouns, Structural Grammar, Verbs

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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