Deconstructing possession

Natural Language and Linguistic Theory

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-40

  Boneh, Nora ^a   Sichel, Ivy ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Agreement alternation; Applicatives; Domain extension; Economy; English; EPP; Location; Locative Inversion; Palestinian Arabic; Part Whole; Possession

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649202925     PISSN: 0167806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11049-009-9087-z     Document Type: Article

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