Eckhoff, Hanne Martine: Old Russian possessive constructions. A construction grammar approach (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs, 237)

Glosses and translations are taken from Eckhoff. She uses the following glosses: DAT ‘dative’, GEN ‘genitive’, N ‘adjective derived with the suffix -ьn’, OV ‘adjective derived with the suffix -ov-’, PTC ‘particle’, SK ‘adjective derived with the suffix -ьsk-’.
Apart from these types, mixed constructions can be found as well (49).
Note, however, that frequency does not play a role for Saussure. Within his conception of system, relations are defined in terms of mere difference.
The need for assuming a threshold and its advantages are obvious. It would have been nice, however, to learn more about the motivation for choosing 15 % as the relevant boundary.
For some critical comments on exclusively bottom-up approaches cf. Zwarts (2010).

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Sonnenhauser, B. Eckhoff, Hanne Martine: Old Russian possessive constructions. A construction grammar approach (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs, 237). Russ Linguist 36, 343–351 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11185-012-9098-y

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