Predicative possession in Nivacle

In this paper, I identify and analyse fourteen predicative possession strategies employed by speakers of Nivacle, a Mataguayo language from the Paraguayan Chaco. It is intriguing that all of these strategies but three are in common use among the speakers. Because quantifiers and numbers surface as...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Alain Fabre
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Campinas 2015-08-01
Series:Liames
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Online Access:https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/liames/article/view/8642304