inalienable possession
collocation in Englishmeaningsofinalienableandpossession
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inalienable
adjective
uk/ɪˈneɪ.li.ə.nə.bəl/us/ɪˈneɪ.li.ə.nə.bəl/
unable to ...
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possession
noun
uk/pəˈzeʃ.ən/us/pəˈzeʃ.ən/
the fact that you have or ...
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(Definition ofinalienableandpossessionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofinalienable possession
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A more detailed examination ofinalienablepossessionhelps to reveal exactly what is missing.
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Finally, each object was coded for whether it referred to something that could be considered an alienable orinalienablepossession.
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The effect ofinalienablepossessionshows the highly abstract transfer of substrate features, raising questions about the modularity of grammar.
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First, various scholars have looked at the structural strategies by which languages encode the conceptual difference betweeninalienablepossessionand alienable possession.
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Creating aninalienablepossessionwas crucial to the development of the entire system of exchange.
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The relation between a basic relational noun and second argument is typically one ofinalienablepossession(kinship or body part).
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While my focus is on personhood, one could also relateinalienablepossessionto ethno-linguistic identity more generally.
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Inalienablepossessionmay be considered a discursive category as much as a grammatical one.
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Ininalienablepossessionthe bound person possessor is directly affixed to the possessed, in alienable possession the two are separated from each other by the additional suffix -ni.
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Moreover, the last section showed how intentional states - those relations between subjects and objects - were couched in terms of various properties of the heart, a particularinalienablepossession.
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However, possessors and thus recipients can be inanimate in certain instances ofinalienablepossession, as in give the house a coat of paint or give the page a number.
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In a text about 330 clauses in length, there are about 68 such nouns, and of these nouns 32 belong to the grammatical category ofinalienablepossession.
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Indeed, if one examinesinalienablepossessionfrom the standpoint of discourse patterning instead of grammatical encoding, its cross-linguistic existence becomes more obvious and its cognitive relevance becomes more transparent.
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Of the various manifestations of the iconicity of distance with regard to alienable andinalienablepossession, only those involving person forms are of relevance to the current discussion.
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Notice that whileinalienablepossessiondeparts from inalienable wealth in substantial ways, it nonetheless bears a family resemblance that is worth elaborating.
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Technically this is called obligatory possession, but linguists often use the term "inalienablepossession" to mean this.
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In the particular case ofinalienablepossession, there is considerable variation between languages.
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