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Genitive variation in English : conceptual factors in synchronic and diachronic studies /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berlin ; New York :
Mouton de Gruyter,
2002.
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| Colección: | Topics in English linguistics ;
42. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The structure of the s-genitive and the of-genitive: some theoretical preliminaries
- The constructions
- The nature of the relational markers
- The nature of the grammatical relation between possessor and possessum
- A functional account
- A formal account: DP-analysis
- Grammatical variation
- The study of variation in linguistics: brief historical outline
- Extending the concept of variation to (morpho)syntax
- The problem of 'sameness'
- Further methodological problems
- Establishing the alternation between the s-genitive and the of-genitive as a case of grammatical variation
- Why "grammatical" variation?
- Establishing a criterion of 'sameness' for the s-genitive and the of-genitive
- Categorical versus choice contexts
- Genitive functions/meanings
- Pronominal versus full NP possessors
- Definiteness and reference tracking for whole possessive NP
- Grammatical function of the possessor
- Comparable versus non-comparable contexts
- Grammatical function of the possessor: specifying versus classifying genitives
- Structural equivalence
- Standard versus non-Standard forms
- Factors known to influence the choice between the s-genitive and the of-genitive
- Implications for the empirical investigation
- Factors: Animacy, topicality, and possessive relation
- Animacy
- Topicality
- Possessive relation
- Taxonomies and previous studies
- Interaction of factors
- Animacy and topicality
- Animacy and possession
- Topicality and possessive relation: possessors as anchors and reference points.