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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788710503321

Autore

Rosenbach Anette

Titolo

Genitive variation in English : conceptual factors in synchronic and diachronic studies / / by Anette Rosenbach

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York : , : Mouton de Gruyter, , 2002

ISBN

3-11-089981-7

Edizione

[Reprint 2012]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (372 p.)

Collana

Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] ; ; 42

Classificazione

HF 298

Disciplina

425

Soggetti

English language - Case

English language - Possessives

English language - Variation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [316]-343) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

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