ZUM IMPLIZITEN AUSDRUCK DER INALIENABILITÄT IM DEUTSCHEN
The preeminence of person in possessive constructions possession in German
Author(s): Bogdana Crivăț (Cîrtilă)Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Editura Universitaria Craiova
Keywords: inalienable possession; inference; associative anaphora
Summary/Abstract: This paper is aimed at pointing out the extremely important role played by inference in the linguistic expression of inalienable possession in German. For this purpose three distinct structural types were analysed: constructions having as the possessed object a part of the body and the possessor in the dative or in the possessive accusative; constructions with certain obligatory names of relations; and transphrastic structures having as the possessed object a part of an inanimate whole. In all these cases the nominal expressing the possessed object is determined by an anaphoric definite article, while the possessor remains implied in the nominal group of the possessed object. The „possessive” marking of the definite article constitutes the prototypical expression of inalienability in the European languages.
Journal: Analele Universităţii din Craiova. Seria Ştiinţe Filologice. Lingvistică
- Issue Year: 2009
- Issue No: 1-2
- Page Range: 44-50
- Page Count: 7
- Language: Dutch