Comparative Concept: alienable possession modification construction (cxn)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
alienable possession modification construction (cxn)
| Typ | construction |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | alienable possession modification construction • alienable possession • alienable possession (modification construction) |
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a possessive modification construction that always includes the ownership relation, and contrasts in the language with an inalienable possession construction. Example: Crow bas-óosshee 'my food' is an instance of alienable possession, using the distinct index bas- (cf. the inalienable index b-). (Section 4.1.4)