Edited by Bridget Drinka
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 350] 2020
► pp. 229–250
Micro-variation in Germanic pseudo-partitives is investigated, focusing on the syntax and morphology of expressions where two nouns are juxtaposed without a linking preposition, attested in Middle English. A standard measure (pound), containers (gallon, ton, pipe, barrel, and sack) and a collective (pair) are examined in detail. Few similarities are found between the Middle English expressions and other Germanic languages for standard measures and containers, whereas the noun pair has syntactic, morphological and semantic similarities.