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Priklausymo atributiniai junginiai
Possessive phrases

Author(s): Laimutė Bučienė
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Semiotics / Semiology, Syntax, Semantics, Baltic Languages
Published by: Vilniaus Universiteto Leidykla
Keywords: alienable and inalienable possessivity; attribute phrase; Lithuanian; phrasal semantics; possessive phrase; possessive phrases; semantics of alienable possession; semantics of inalienable possession;

Summary/Abstract: Possessive phrases indicate the belonging of a thing ori ts other relations. In the case of inalienable possession a possessed thing cannot be separated from possessor without breaking its integrity. Such phrases denote the relations of the whole complex to its part (e.g. merginos pirštai, namo langai, žmogaus siela, pyrago skonis, savimeilės išraiška). The possessed things in alienable possession are not perceived necessary or possible to the possessor in general. Alienable possession expresses kinship (dukros sūnus), position (vedėjo sekretorė), ownership (mano mašina), autorship (Maironio eilėraštis) relations.

  • Issue Year: 2004
  • Issue No: 53
  • Page Range: 13-23
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Lithuanian