Comparative Concept: with-possessive strategy (str)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
with-possessive strategy (str)
| Typ | strategy (def) |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | with-possessive strategy • companion strategy |
| Assoziiert | |
| Spraakbanken | with-possessive strategy (str) |
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Definition
a strategy for the presentational possession construction in which the possessor is expressed in a subject phrase, and the possessum is expressed in a comitative - phrase. Example: Amele ija sigin ca [I knife with] 'I have a knife' [lit. 'I am with a knife'] is an instance of the with-possessive strategy. (Section 10.4.2)