基本説明
The distribution of phrases expressing possession is explored in a range of languages (including English, Swedish, Urdu and West Flemish), with rigorous exploitation of corpus data and careful statistical analysis.
Full Description
The analysis of constructions denoting possession (particularly, but not exclusively, in English) has long presented a challenge to morpho-syntactic theory and has been a topic of debate for some time. The papers presented here afford thought-provoking insights into the morphosyntactic nature of possessive markers under a variety of theoretical frameworks. The distribution of phrases expressing possession is explored in a range of languages (including English, Swedish, Urdu and West Flemish), with rigorous exploitation of corpus data and careful statistical analysis. Descriptions and analyses represent the state of the art in research into possessive constructions. Particular attention is paid to the English possessive 's, both synchronically and diachronically. This volume is essential for scholars interested in theoretical and corpus-based linguistics, morphosyntactic constructions, and the expression of possession.
Contents
1. Introduction (by Borjars, Kersti); 2. Dealing with postmodified possessors in early English: Split and group genitives (by Allen, Cynthia L.); 3. Variation in the form and function of the possessive morpheme in Late Middle and Early Modern English (by Juvonen, Teo); 4. The great regression: Genitive variability in Late Modern English news texts (by Szmrecsanyi, Benedikt); 5. Nominal categories and the expression of possession: A cross-linguistic study of probabilistic tendencies and categorical constraints (by O'Connor, Catherine); 6. Expression of possession in English: The significance of the right edge (by Borjars, Kersti); 7. A cognitive analysis of John's hat (by Hudson, Richard A.); 8. The oblique genitive in English (by Payne, John); 9. The marker of the English "Group Genitive" is a special clitic, not an inflection (by Anderson, Stephen R.); 10. Two prenominal possessors in West Flemish (by Haegeman, Liliane); 11. A Mozart sonata and the Palme murder: The structure and uses of proper-name compounds in Swedish (by Koptjevskaja-Tamm, Maria); 12. Possessive clitics and ezafe in Urdu (by Bogel, Tina); 13. References; 14. Index
