Genitive variation in English : conceptual factors in synchronic and diachronic studies / by Anette Rosenbach.

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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.

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