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Germanic Genitives
Edited by Tanja Ackermann, Horst J. Simon and Christian Zimmer
[Studies in Language Companion Series 193] 2018
► pp. 37–61

Frisian genitives

From Old Frisian to the modern dialects

| University of Kiel
This article surveys the development of the genitive in Frisian. Starting from the situation in Old Frisian it discusses the fate of the genitival endings and the genitive constructions after the breakdown of the case system. Several cases of redistribution, reanalysis, refunctionalization and recultivation are presented, especially from West Frisian and Fering-Öömrang, the North Frisian dialect of Föhr and Amrum. The article tries to highlight those aspects of the development of the genitive in Frisian that might be interesting from a comparative and theoretical point of view.
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.The genitive in Old Frisian
  • 3.Possessive use of the former genitival endings
  • 4.The redistribution of the former strong and weak genitival endings
    • 4.1Gametonyms in West Frisian
    • 4.2Patronyms in Fering-Öömrang
  • 5.Reanalysis of prenominal genitives
    • 5.1Genitive compounds in West Frisian
    • 5.2Geographical adjectives and inhabitant names in North Frisian
    • 5.3The genitive of family names in West Frisian
  • 6.Recycling of the former genitival endings
    • 6.1The ending -s as a countability marker in Fering-Öömrang
    • 6.2The ending -s in temporal adverbs in West Frisian
  • 7.Literary use of the genitive
  • 8.Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Sources
  • References
Published online: 26 April 2018
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