{"product_id":"possession-and-ownership-a-cross-linguistic-typology-9780199660223","title":"Possession and Ownership: A Cross-Linguistic Typology","description":"Possession and Ownership brings together linguists and anthropologists in a series of cross-linguistic explorations of expressions used to denote possession and ownership, concepts central to most if not all the varied cultures and ideologies of humankind. Possessive noun phrases can be broadly divided into three categories - ownership of property, whole-part relations (such as body and plant parts), and blood and affinal kinship relations. As Professor Aikhenvald shows in her extensive opening essay, the same possessive noun or pronoun phrase is used in English and in many other Indo-European languages to express possession of all three kinds - as in \"Ann and her husband Henry live in the castle Henry's father built with his own hands\" - but that this is by no means the case in all languages. In some, for example, the grammar expresses the inalienability of consanguineal kinship and sometimes also of sacred or treasured objects. Furthermore the degree to which possession and ownership are conceived as the same (when possession is 100% of the law) differs from one society to another, and this may be reflected in their linguistic expression. Like others in the series this pioneering book will be welcomed equally by linguists and anthropologists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/20\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.49h x 6.26w x 0.93d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199660223\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlexandra Y. Aikhenvald is a Distinguished Professor and Research Leader at the Cairns Institute, James Cook University, Australia. Her books include \u003cem\u003eClassifiers: a Typology of Noun Categorization Devices\u003c\/em\u003e (2000, paperback 2003), \u003cem\u003eLanguage Contact in Amazonia\u003c\/em\u003e (2002), \u003cem\u003eEvidentiality\u003c\/em\u003e (2004, paperback 2006), \u003cem\u003eThe Manambu Language from East Sepik, Papua New Guinea\u003c\/em\u003e (2008), \u003cem\u003eImperatives and Commands\u003c\/em\u003e (2010), and \u003cem\u003eThe Languages of the Amazon\u003c\/em\u003e (2012), all published by OUP. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eR. M. W. Dixon is Adjunct Professor at the Cairns Institute, James Cook University, Australia. His books include \u003cem\u003eAustralian Languages: Their Nature and Development\u003c\/em\u003e (CUP 2002), \u003cem\u003eThe Jarawara Language of Southern Amazonia\u003c\/em\u003e (OUP 2004), winner of the 2004-5 Leonard Bloomfield Prize, \u003cem\u003eA Semantic Approach to English Grammar\u003c\/em\u003e (2nd edn OUP 2005), and \u003cem\u003eBasic Linguistic Theory\u003c\/em\u003e, volumes 1-3 (OUP 2010-12).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":41001568862323,"sku":"9.7802E+12","price":229.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_3f769f51-c83c-487c-80d2-9f65d0850eb2.jpg?v=1697040850","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/possession-and-ownership-a-cross-linguistic-typology-9780199660223","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}