ZU DEN FUNKTIONEN VON HABEN IM DEUTSCHEN
On the functions of haben in German

Summary/Abstract: The goal of this article is to give a detailed description of the lexical functions of the verb haben in present-day German. The semantic analysis points out numerous and quite different uses, ranging from alienable to inalienable possession, but also covering non-possessive cognitive domains such as existence and location. The verb proves to establish ultimately a relationship between two discourse participants. Syntactically, it is a transitive, but non-agentive structure, in which the human being is coded in topical position as the grammatical subject of the sentence.

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