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Publication details [#42933]

Song, Jae Jung. 2005. Grammaticalization and structural scope increase: possessive-classifier-based benefactive marking in Oceanic languages. Linguistics 43 (4) : 795–838.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

classifier | grammaticalization | possessive construction

Language as a subject

Languages, Oceanian

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.com/journal/key/LING/html

Annotation

This paper discusses how possessive classifiers develop into benefactive markers in Oceanic languages, involving structural scope increase, and critically appraises grammaticalization theory controversy.