LiVVaL

Linguaggio e Variazione | Variation in Language

Partitive Constructions and Partitive Elements Within and Across Language Borders in Europe

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open access | peer reviewed
    edited by
  • Elvira Glaser - University of Zurich - email
  • Petra Sleeman - University of Amsterdam - email
  • Thomas Strobel - Goethe Universität Frankfurt - email
  • Anne Tamm - email

Abstract

The volume collects contributions that were presented at the PARTE workshop in Budapest in September 2022 or at the Partitive Online Talks, with the goal of investigating the universal and varying properties of partitive constructions and partitive elements. Since the expression of partitivity in Romance languages has been studied extensively, in this volume special attention is paid to other European languages, such as Germanic, Gaelic, Finno-Ugric and Slavic languages. With data from microvariation and variation that spans over vast geographical distances and involves various contact situations, this volume brings new insights into what is universal and what is particular in partitive constructions and elements in Europe.

Keywords PartitiveLocationalGenitiveIndefinite articleLocus of possessive suffixesSubsetVerb classesAbstract nounsBelgian DutchPostpositionsMass nounPossessive partitive markingPersonal numeralsGermanPartitivityIrishSubkindsGermanicSlavicNetherlandic DutchKindsPartitive pronounInvenitive strategiesExistentialPartitive articleSupersetUralicProper partitivesPseudo-partitiveAdjectival inflectionGrammatical aspectProper partitive constructionStandard languageCuidBavarianIncremental themeERIndividuationPartitive caseAlemannicDOMBody partsPartitive determinerPartitivesAspectual compositionPossessive agreementPartitionQuantifiersCorpus linguisticsPseudo-partitive construction

Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-795-1 | e-ISBN 978-88-6969-795-1 | ISBN (PRINT) 978-88-6969-818-7 | Published May 16, 2024 | Language en