From NP to DP
Volume 2: The expression of possession in noun phrases
Editors
This is the second of a two-volume selection of refereed and revised papers, originally presented at the special workshop of the international conference From NP to DP at the University of Antwerp. Reflecting the stage of current research with respect to the expression of possession in the noun phrase, it focusses on issues such as alienable and inalienable possession, internal and external syntax of possessors, interaction between determiners and possessors, interpretation of possessors and typology of possessors. The papers, preceded by an up-to-date overview and discussion of the most important studies in the field, provide an excellent basis for comparative analyses of possession in the noun phrase between a large number of languages.
[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 56] 2003. ix, 291 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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Contributors | p. vii
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Abbreviations | p. ix
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Introduction | pp. 1–19
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Typology of possessors
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1. A typology of possessive modifiersTabea Ihsane | pp. 23–42
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2. The possessive via associative anaphorGeorges Kleiber | pp. 43–71
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The internal syntax of possessor phrases
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3. From DPs to NPs: A Bare Phrase Structure account of genitivesCarmen Dobrovie-Sorin | pp. 75–120
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4. Determiner-possessor relation in the Bulgarian DPLilia Schürcks and Dieter Wunderlich | pp. 121–139
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5. On the asymmetrical but regular properties of French possessive DPsAnne Zribi-Hertz | pp. 141–163
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External syntax
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6. Some notes on the structure of alienable and inalienable possessorsArtemis Alexiadou | pp. 167–188
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7. Inalienable possession and the interpretation of determinersJacqueline Guéron | pp. 189–220
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8. The external possessor construction in West FlemishLiliane Haegeman | pp. 221–256
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9. Grammaticalization and external possessor structures in Romance and Germanic languagesBéatrice Lamiroy | pp. 257–280
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Index of languages | pp. 281–282
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Index of subjects | pp. 283–291
“I was very excited at the prospect of receiving and reading this two-volume study of NP's and DP's, and I was not disappointed. The chapters are excellent. The editors have done a great job. I heartily recommend these two volumes to anyone who is interested in the nominal domain.”
Eric Mathieu, Unversity of Ottawa, in Journal of Linguistics 41, 2005
“Overall, this is a wonderful bunch of papers that represents a valuable portion of the rich research on possessive structures. Reading them has been not only an enlightening experience, but also a very enjoyable one.”
Miguel Rodríguez-Mondoñedo, University of Connecticut on Linguist List 15.1743, 2004
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Cited by 4 other publications
Ke, Alan Hezao
2023. Syntax and semantics of NPs in Chinese possessive topic constructions. Journal of East Asian Linguistics 32:2 ► pp. 133 ff. 
KE, ALAN HEZAO & ACRISIO PIRES
2022. Local versus long-distance bound implicit arguments of inalienable relational nouns in Chinese. Journal of Linguistics 58:2 ► pp. 269 ff.
MARTÍNEZ-INSUA, ANA ELINA & JAVIER PÉREZ-GUERRA
2011. An open-sesame approach to English noun phrases: defining the NP (with an introduction to the special issue). English Language and Linguistics 15:2 ► pp. 201 ff.
Rodríguez-Mondonedo, Miguel & Stephen Fafulas
2016. Double possession in Peruvian Amazonian Spanish. In Inquiries in Hispanic Linguistics [Issues in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics, 12], ► pp. 335 ff.
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Subjects
Main BIC Subject
CFK: Grammar, syntax
Main BISAC Subject
LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General