Germanic Genitives

Editors

Tanja Ackermann

Horst J. Simon

Christian Zimmer

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The papers in this volume focus on the dynamics of one specific cell in morphological paradigms – the genitive. The high amount of diachronic and synchronic variation in all Germanic languages makes the genitive a particularly interesting phenomenon since it allows us, for example, to examine comparable but slightly different diachronic pathways, the relation of synchronic and diachronic variation, and the interplay of linguistic levels (phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics). The findings in this book enhance our understanding of the genitive not only by describing its properties, but also by discussing its demarcation from functional competitors and related grammatical items. Under-researched aspects of well-described languages as well as from lesser-known languages (Faroese, Frisian, Luxembourgish, Yiddish) are examined. The papers included are methodologically diverse and the topics covered range from morphology, syntax, and semantics to the influence of (normative) grammars and the perception and prestige of grammatical items.

[Studies in Language Companion Series, 193] 2018. vi, 327 pp.

Publishing status:

https://doi.org/10.1075/slcs.193

Table of Contents

Introductory overview

Genitives in Germanic

Christian Zimmer, Horst J. Simon and Tanja Ackermann | pp. 1–10

Portraits of lesser studied languages

A new perspective on the Luxembourgish genitive

Caroline Döhmer | pp. 15–36

Frisian genitives: From Old Frisian to the modern dialects

Jarich Hoekstra | pp. 37–61

Genitive markers and their destinies

On the motivation of genitive‑s omission in Contemporary German

Christian Zimmer | pp. 65–89

From genitive suffix to linking element: A corpus study on the genesis and productivity of a new compounding pattern in (Early) New High German

Kristin Kopf | pp. 91–114

The development of non-paradigmatic linking elements in Faroese and the decline of the genitive case

Hjalmar P. Petersen and Renata Szczepaniak | pp. 115–145

‘Genitives’ in nominal configurations

The Genitive Rule and its background

Peter Gallmann | pp. 149–188

From genitive inflection to possessive marker? The development of German possessive ‑s with personal names

Tanja Ackermann | pp. 189–230

Yiddish possessives as a case for genitive case

Kerstin Hoge | pp. 231–272

Genitives and their functional competitors

Genitives and proper name compounds in German

Barbara Schlücker | pp. 275–299

On the role of cases and possession in Germanic: A typological approach

Kurt Braunmüller | pp. 301–323

Index | pp. 325–327

Cited by (1)

Cited by one other publication

Corbett, Greville G.

2021. Chapter 10. Feature-based competition. In All Things Morphology [Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 353], ► pp. 171 ff.

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