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(2014) Frames and concept types, Dordrecht, Springer.
Definitely not possessed?
possessive suffixes with definiteness marking function
Doris Gerland
pp. 269-292
In this paper I argue that the definiteness marking function of the possessive suffix of some Uralic languages is not the outcome of a grammaticalization pathway but has always been inherent to them. The possessive suffix has thus two main functions: establishing a relation between entities or a relation between an entity and the discourse and indicating the definiteness of the referent of the marked noun. The interpretation of the suffix as a marker of definiteness or a marker of possession depends on the conceptual noun type of the marked noun and on the context.
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-01541-5_12
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Gerland, D. (2014)., Definitely not possessed?: possessive suffixes with definiteness marking function, in T. Gamerschlag, D. Gerland, R. Osswald & W. Petersen (eds.), Frames and concept types, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 269-292.
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