Possessives in English: An Exploration in Cognitive Grammar

by John R. Taylor

Book Overview

John Taylor proposes a unitary account of the possessive morpheme. He takes as his theoretical framework Cognitive Grammar, as developed over the past 15 years by Ronald Langacker and others. In the earlier chapters of the book he introduces and motivates the conceptual apparatus of the theory, and in later chapters he develops a coherent account of the full range of possessive constructions in English.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198299826
• ISBN13: 9780198299820
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"