The semantics of prenominal possessives in Russian

Traditionally Russian prenominal possessives are classified as possessive adjectives (Isačenko 1960; Townsend 1980). In more recent work by Babyonyshev (1997) it is claimed that prenominal possessives are functional elements that are hosted outside nominal phrase, which means that they cannot be adj...

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Main Author: Maria Gepner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Library of Humanities 2021-02-01
Series:Glossa
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Online Access:https://www.glossa-journal.org/articles/1198