When the alienability contrast fails to surface in adnominal possession: bound nouns in Harakmbut

This article investigates the nature and behavior of independent, bound and deverbal nouns at various levels of linguistic organization in Harakmbut (isolate, Peru), and assesses the explanatory potential of the alienability contrast for the data observed. While the distinction between bound and ind...

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Main Author: Van linden An
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2023-11-01
Series:Linguistics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/ling-2022-0039