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The Event Semantic Root of Inalienable Possession

In this paper, we propose an event semantic analysis for the inalienable possession construction which takes the form of a multiple object structure. The inalienable possession interpretation has its root in the material part-whole relation between events, rather than in the direct thematic relation between the whole and the part NPs. This semantic relation is syntactically realized as a recursive VP structure with two different verbs. We argue that the higher verb is a phonologically silent verb affect, while the lower verb is a lexical verb. The possessee is an argument of the lexical verb. The possessor, in contrast, is an argument of the higher verb affect. The proposed analysis overcomes the challenges that the previous analyses face.