Possessive marking

[Wolfgang Raible]

> A general question: Is this forum really meant to raise
> questions the answers for which can be found by consulting
> any standard grammar-book?
>
Gideon is by no means wrong. The topic of possessive marking, be it head
marking, dependent marking, or both, is not new. A little bibliographic
work would lead to interesting references, for instance:

Seiler, Hansjakob. Possession as an operational dimension of language.
Köln, 1981
147 S.
Arbeiten des Kölner Universalienprojekts (Akup) ; 42

Pustet, Regina. Possession im Dakota.
Köln: Inst. für Sprachwissenschaft, 1985
52 S. : graph. Darst.
Arbeitspapier / Institut für Sprachwissenschaft, Universität Köln
(Akup); 47

Lehmann, Christian. Possession in Yucatec Maya : [structures - functions
- typology]
München [i.e.] Unterschleissheim ; Newcastle: LINCOM, 1998
XII, 135 S.
LINCOM studies in native American linguistics ; 4
ISBN:
3-89586-060-3

Heine, Bernd. Possession : cognitive sources, forces and
grammaticalization. -
Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1997
XVI, 274 S.
Cambridge studies in linguistics ; 83

Kwon, Joung-Mi. Possession im Swahili
Köln: Institut für Afrikanistik, Univ., 1995
XV, 222 S. : graph. Darst.
Afrikanistische Monographien ; 7
(Köln, Univ., Diss., 1995)
ISBN:
3-929777-06-1

Grünewald, Claudia. Zur Possession im Samoanischen.
80 Bl. : graph. Darst.
Stuttgart, Univ., Magisterarbeit, 1994

Tremblay, Mireille. Possession and datives : binary branching from the
lexicon to syntax.
VI, 329 S.
Montréal, Québec, Univ., Diss., 1991

Biermann, Anna. Possession und Zuschreibung im Ungarischen / Anna Biermann
Tübingen: Narr, 1985
166 S.
Continuum ; Bd. 4
(Köln, Univ., Diss., 1983)

Lizotte, Richard J. Universals concerning existence, possession,
and location sentences.
IX, 318 Bl.
Providence, R. I., Brown Univ., Diss., 1983.

Wolfgang Raible.
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