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Autore |
Rosenbach Anette |
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Titolo |
Genitive variation in English : conceptual factors in synchronic and diachronic studies / / by Anette Rosenbach |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Berlin ; ; New York : , : Mouton de Gruyter, , 2002 |
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Edizione |
[Reprint 2012] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (372 p.) |
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Collana |
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Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] ; ; 42 |
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Classificazione |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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English language - Case |
English language - Possessives |
English language - Variation |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [316]-343) and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- Acknowledgements -- Table of contents -- List of abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 The structure of the s-genitive and the of-genitive: some theoretical preliminaries -- Chapter 3 Grammatical variation -- Chapter 4 Factors: Animacy, topicality, and possessive relation -- Chapter 5 "Variation" versus "choice" -- Chapter 6 Modern English data: experimental study -- Chapter 7 Historical development of the genitive variation -- Chapter 8 A diachronic scenario: the extension of the sgenitive from late Middle to Modern English - economically-driven language change? -- Chapter 9 Summary and conclusion -- Chapter 10 Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Name index -- Subject index |
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