Reconsidering inalienable possession with definite determiners in French

In many Romance and Germanic languages, definite determiners can indicate possession for a subset of nouns that have often been called nouns of ‘inalienable’ possession. This paper addresses the question of why and how the definite determiner contributes to the interpretation of ‘inalienable possess...

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Main Author: Johan Rooryck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 2022-04-01
Series:Isogloss
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Online Access:https://revistes.uab.cat/isogloss/article/view/233