Editing Inalienable possession (section)

===Restricted to attributive possession===
[[File:Attributive possession DP.jpg|thumb|170px|Attribution possession: the possessor (Ron) and the possessee (dog) form a [[phrase]].]]
 [[File:Predicative possession 1.jpg|thumb|right|170px|Predicative possession: the possessor (Ron) and the possessee (dog) form not a phrase but instead a [[clause]].]]
Alienability can be expressed only in attributive possession constructions, not in predicative possession.<ref name=Heine2/>

Attributive possession is a type of possession in which the possessor and possessee form a [[phrase]]. That contrasts to predicative possession constructions in which the possessor and possessee are part of a [[clause]], and the verb affirms the possessive relationship.<ref name="Herslund and Baron">{{cite book|last1=Herslund|first1=Michael|last2=Baron|first2=Irène|title=Dimensions of Possession|date=2001|publisher=John Benjamins Publishing|location=Amsterdam|isbn=978-9027229519|pages=1–15|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lcCKtWG3wsAC&q=Dimensions+of+Possession&pg=PA1|access-date=11 December 2014}}</ref> The examples in (22) express the same alienable relationship between possessor and possessee but illustrate the difference between attributive and predicative possession:

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 '''Attributive possession'''
 (22) a. Ron's dog
 
 '''Predicative possession'''
      b. Ron has a dog
      c. The dog is Ron's
         (Heine 1997: 87 (2))
|}