Perspectives On The Genitive In English
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Perspectives On The Genitive In English
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Author : Anthony Bruton
language : en
Publisher: Universidad de Sevilla
Release Date : 2000
Perspectives On The Genitive In English written by Anthony Bruton and has been published by Universidad de Sevilla this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Education categories.
English Grammar
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Author : Liliane Haegeman
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 1998-04-08
English Grammar written by Liliane Haegeman and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-04-08 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This book is intended primarily for undergraduate students of English, though it will also be useful for undergraduates in linguistics focusing on English. It shows how a restricted set of principles can account for a wide range of the phenomena of English syntax. While the main focus of the book is empirical, it introduces important theoretical concepts: theta theory, X-bar theory, case theory, locality, binding theory, economy, full interpretation, functional projections. In doing so it prepares the student for more advanced theoretical work. The authors integrate many recent insights into the nature of syntactic structure into their discussion. They present information in a gradual way: hypotheses developed in early chapters are reviewed and modified in subsequent ones. The authors also pay attention to the relation between structure and interpretation and to language variation, and particularly to register variation. They include a wide range of diverse exercises, giving the student an opportunity for creative individual work on English.
English Traditional Grammars
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Author : Gerhard Leitner
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date : 1991-11-15
English Traditional Grammars written by Gerhard Leitner and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991-11-15 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Until recently grammars of English have received surprisingly little scholarly attention, while a lot of research is done on dictionaries. It appears, however, that learners of English shy away from modern grammars and prefer to consult dictionaries or traditional reference grammars instead. This raises questions as to the relationship between theoretical linguistics and grammar writing and calls for more research into this area, especially for the period from 1800 onwards, which was crucial for the development of grammatical thinking and its acceptance (or rejection) at all educational levels today.This volume brings together work from international experts on the historiography of English grammar writing who deal with a variety of topics grouped into three overlapping sections: I. Native Grammars of English, II. Non-native Grammars of English, and III. Grammatical Analyses. The volume includes summaries of the articles and a name index.
Noun Phrase In The Generative Perspective
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Author : Artemis Alexiadou
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Release Date : 2008-09-25
Noun Phrase In The Generative Perspective written by Artemis Alexiadou and has been published by Walter de Gruyter this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-09-25 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
The goal of this book is twofold. On the one hand we want to offer a discussion of some of the more important properties of the nominal projection, on the other hand we want to provide the reader with tools for syntactic analysis which apply to the structure of DP but which are also relevant for other domains of syntax. In order to achieve this dual goal we will discuss phenomena which are related to the nominal projection in relation to other syntactic phenomena (e.g. pro drop will be related to N-ellipsis, the classification of pronouns will be applied to the syntax of possessive pronouns, N-movement will be compared to V-movement, the syntax of the genitive construction will be related to that of predicate inversion etc.). In the various chapters we will show how recent theoretical proposals (distributed morphology, anti-symmetry, checking theory) can cast light on aspects of the syntax of the NP. When necessary, we will provide a brief introduction of these theoretical proposals. We will also indicate problems with these analyses, whether they be inherent to the theories as such (e.g. what is the trigger for movement in antisymmetric approaches) or to the particular instantiations. The book cannot and will not provide the definitive analysis of the syntax of noun phrases. We consider that this would not be possible, given the current flux in generative syntax, with many new theoretical proposals being developed and explored, but the book aims at giving the reader the tools with which to conduct research and to evaluate proposals in the literature. In the discussion of various issues, we will apply the framework that is most adequate to deal with problems at hand. We will therefore not necessarily use the same approach throughout the discussion. Though proposals in the literature will be referred to when relevant, we cannot attempt to provide a critical survey of the literature. We feel that such a survey would be guided too strongly by theoretical choices, which would not be compatible with the pedagogical purposes this book has. The book is comparative in its approach, and data from different languages will be examined, including English, German, Dutch (West-Flemish), Greek, Romance, Semitic, Slavic, Albanian, Hungarian, Gungbe.
Special Onymic Grammar In Typological Perspective
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Author : Thomas Stolz
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2023-12-04
Special Onymic Grammar In Typological Perspective written by Thomas Stolz and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-12-04 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
For the first time, proper names are made the topic of a cross-linguistic account of morphosyntactic properties which formally distinguish place names, personal names, and common nouns. It is shown that the behaviour of place names and personal names in morphology and syntax frequently disagrees with the rules established for other word classes independent of the language’s genetic affiliation, grammatical structure, and geographic location. Place names and personal names each boast a grammar of their own. They are candidates for the status of a distinct word class. Their special grammar comes frequently to the fore in the domain of spatial and possessive relations. This fact is explained with reference to functional notions.
English Noun Phrases From A Functional Cognitive Perspective
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Author : Lotte Sommerer
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Release Date : 2022-01-15
English Noun Phrases From A Functional Cognitive Perspective written by Lotte Sommerer and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-15 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Despite a significant increase in interest over the last two decades in the English Noun Phrase, there are still many open questions and unexplored issues. The papers collected in this volume contribute to this ongoing research by addressing a range of topics concerning the internal structure, use and development of English Noun Phrases. The eleven chapters represent three main themes: 1. Determination, modification and complementation; 2. Shell nouns and the X-is construction; 3. Binominal constructions. These topics are approached in different ways: some chapters are synchronic in nature, others diachronic; and while most subscribe to functional-cognitive modelling, some take a more formal approach. In addition, different methodologies are employed, varying from qualitative and quantitative corpus analyses to experimental methods. As a result, the contributions to this volume represent both the main topics currently discussed in research on the English Noun Phrase, and the diversity in the way these topics are investigated.
Grammaticalization From A Typological Perspective
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Author : Heiko Narrog
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2018-10-18
Grammaticalization From A Typological Perspective written by Heiko Narrog and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-18 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This volume explores the way in which grammaticalization processes - whereby lexical words eventually become markers of grammatical categories - converge and differ across various types of language. While grammaticalization at its core is a unidirectional phenomenon, in which the same pathways of change are replicated across languages, certain language types and language areas have distinct preferences with respect to what they grammaticalize and how. Previous work has principally addressed this question with specific reference to languages of Southeast and East Asia that do not seem to grammaticalize paradigms of categories in the same manner as Indo-European languages, or form extensive grammaticalization chains. This volume takes a broader approach and proceeds systematically area by area: specialists in the field address the processes of grammaticalization in languages of Africa, Europe, Asia and the Pacific, and the Americas, and in creole languages. The studies reveal a number of unique pathways of grammaticalization in each language area, as well as identifying the universal shared features of the phenomenon.
An Historical Study Of The Genitive Case In English
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Author : Ann Isaac D'Aquin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1973
An Historical Study Of The Genitive Case In English written by Ann Isaac D'Aquin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with English language categories.
The Genitive Partitive Relation In English French And Romanian
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Author : IONELA GANEA
language : en
Publisher: Editura Universității din București - Bucharest University Press
Release Date : 2022-01-01
The Genitive Partitive Relation In English French And Romanian written by IONELA GANEA and has been published by Editura Universității din București - Bucharest University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-01 with Foreign Language Study categories.
The purpose of this paper is to analyse the genitive-partitive relation in Germanic and Romance languages. One of the points of interest of this analysis is represented by a description of the two terms, that is the genitive and the partitive in all these three languages.
Genitives And Determiner Phrases Jan Zijn Boek Vs John S Book
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Author : Stefanie Udema
language : en
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Release Date : 2010-08-17
Genitives And Determiner Phrases Jan Zijn Boek Vs John S Book written by Stefanie Udema and has been published by GRIN Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-08-17 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 2,0, University of Cologne (Englisches Seminar), language: English, abstract: The following paper deals with the genitive case in English language and the possessive construction in Dutch language referring to the examples Jan zijn boek as well as in English language John's book. In a first step there will be given a general definition on the term both genitive and determiner, with regards to the comparison of genitive case and determiner given in the topic of this paper. In this place, even clitic and affix definition is not left blank. Furthermore it is mentioned that during English language change from the Old English language to the Modern English language a change has taken place concerning the treatment of nominal phrases and determiner phrases within the DP-Analysis raised in the late 1980s. This will be pointed out in this paper as well. As well as the question whether a possessive construction can be treated as an inflectional form or even gets the status of a determiner there will be given a closer look to the history and use of the 's genitive and the his-genitive which usually applied in the second half of the 15th century. To get deeper into the discussion there will be a closer look to the position where the 's-construction do occur. Referring to cross linguistic reference the 's-genitive and other variations to point out a possessive relationship in Dutch language will be analysed more concrete. With reference to the DP-Hypothesis the change of the determiner status, i.e. the change of the 's-construction from the inflectional endings in Old English to clitic and in the end to determiner status are examined in this paper to give an overview how complex and investigated the 's-construction in English language is to this day.