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  • Julia Ulrich, Genitive Variation in English (TiEL 42)

    Message 1: Genitive Variation in English (TiEL 42)

     Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 13:58:32 +0200
    From: Julia Ulrich <Julia.UlrichdeGruyter.com>
    Subject: Genitive Variation in English (TiEL 42)


    New Publication from Mouton de Gruyter

    >From the series Topics in English Linguistics Series Editors: Elizabeth Closs Traugott and Bernd Kortmann

    Anette Rosenbach

    GENITIVE VARIATION IN ENGLISH Conceptual Factors in Synchronic and Diachronic Studies

    2002. xi, 361 pages. Cloth. Euro 64.00 / sFr 102,- / approx. US$ 64.00 ISBN 3-11-017370-0

    (Topics in English Linguistics 42)

    This monograph is an empirical study of a particular type of grammatical variation, i.e. the genitive variation in English (s-genitive vs. of-genitive). Comparing the results of a Modern English experimental study and historical evidence for the development of the genitive variation, the main empirical finding of this study is that the s-genitive has become more productive again from late Middle to Present-day English. Theoretically, an 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.

    >From the Contents

    1 Introduction 2 The structure of the s-genitive and the of-genitive: some theoretical preliminaries 3 Grammatical variation 4 Factors: Animacy, topicality, and possessive relation 5 'Variation' versus 'choice' 6 Modern English data: experimental study 7 Historical development of the genitive variation 8 A diachronic scenario: the extension of the s-genitive from late Middle to Modern English - economically-driven language change? 9 Summary and conclusion 10 Appendix

    For more information please contact the publisher: Mouton de Gruyter Genthiner Str. 13 10785 Berlin, Germany Fax: +49 30 26005 222 e-mail: wdg-infodegruyter.de

    To order, please contact SFG Servicecenter-Fachverlage GmbH Postfach 4343 72774 Reutlingen Germany Fax +49 (7071) 93 53 33 E-mail: deGruyters-f-g.com

    Please visit our website for other publications by Mouton de Gruyter http://www.degruyter.com


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