Nominal determination : typology, context constraints, and historical emergence /

Three different nominal word orders in Old English through present-day English are investigated, in order to determine whether English has an 'adjectival' possessive similar to Modern Italian. It is argued that the orders a) demonstrative, possessive, noun and b) possessive, demonstrative,...

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Other Authors: Stark, Elisabeth, Leiss, Elisabeth, Abraham, Werner
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., ©2007.
Series:Studies in language companion series ; v. 89.
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