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Genitive Variation in English: Conceptual Factors in Synchronic and Diachronic Studies

By Anette Rosenbach

Book information

Publisher
De Gruyter Mouton
Year
2002
ISBN
3110173700, 9783110173703
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
12 MB (12324477 bytes)
Series
Topics in English Linguistics 42
Pages
376\373
Time added
2016-03-03 04:49:39
English language Case Possessives Variation Anglai

Description

This monograph is an empirical study of a particular type of grammatical variation - genitive variation in English. Comparing the results of a Modern English experimental study and historical evidence for the development of genitive variation, the main empirical finding of this study is that the s-genitive has become more productive again from late Middle to Modern English. A new theoretical approach to grammatical variation is proposed which places the choice of genitive construction into the mind of individual language users and, in so doing, tries to account for the observed change.

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