Old russian possessive constructions : a construction grammar approach /

This book is a detailed study of the possessive semantic space within the framework of construction grammar. Using corpus data from Old Church Slavonic and Old Russian, the book uses semantic maps to document the relationship between form and meaning in a set of semantically closely related adnomina...

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Main Authors: Eckhoff, Hanne Martine.
Corporate Authors: De Gruyter.
Published: De Gruyter Mouton,
Publisher Address: Berlin ;Boston :
Publication Dates: [2011]
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Trends in linguistics. studies and monographs [tilsm] ; 237
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Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9783110255041
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Summary: This book is a detailed study of the possessive semantic space within the framework of construction grammar. Using corpus data from Old Church Slavonic and Old Russian, the book uses semantic maps to document the relationship between form and meaning in a set of semantically closely related adnominal possessive constructions, and to trace their diachronic development.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (226 pages) : illustrations.
ISBN: 9783110255041(electronic bk.)
Index Number: PG2741
CLC: H354
Contents: Frontmatter --
Contents --
Acknowledgements --
List of abbreviations --
Chapter 1. Introduction --
Chapter 2. A map of the possessive semantic space --
Chapter 3. The constructions in Old Russian --
Chapter 4. ID: Reference points on instance level --
Chapter 5. The ELAB nodes: Intrinsic relationships --
Chapter 6. Types and conventionalised units: TYPE and LABEL --
Chapter 7. Synchrony and diachrony --
Chapter 8. Concluding remarks --
Appendix: Corpus and method --
Notes --
References --
Index