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Predicative Possession
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After discussing some general restrictions of predicative possession, the article provides an overview of the three main constructions that mark this sentence type in Slavic: the ‘be’ + adessive subtype, which dominates in East Slavic, the ‘have’ subtype, which prevails in West and South Slavic, and the ‘be’ + dative subtype, which marginally is attested in all …

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Weiss, Daniel, “Predicative Possession”, in: Encyclopedia of Slavic Languages and Linguistics Online, Editor-in-Chief Marc L. Greenberg. Consulted online on 25 March 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2589-6229_ESLO_COM_036230>
First published online: 2020



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