Comparative Concept: inalienable possession (cxn)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
inalienable possession (cxn)
| Typ | construction (def) |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | inalienable possession |
| Assoziiert | |
| Spraakbanken | inalienable possession (cxn) |
Umbrella
Hierarchy
Definition
a possessive modification construction that always includes either body part relations or kinship relations (but not necessarily both), and contrasts in the language with an alienable possession construction. Example: Crow ba-apé 'my nose' is an instance of inalienable possession, using the distinct index b- (cf. the alienable index bas-). (Sections 4.1.4, 5.2.3)