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The genitive case in Dutch and German : a study of morphosyntactic change in codified languages / by Alan K. Scott.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Brill's Studies in Historical Linguistics 2.
- Brill's studies in historical linguistics, 2211-4904 ; 2
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Grammar, Comparative and general--Morphosyntax.
- Grammar, Comparative and general.
- Grammar, Comparative and general--Possessives.
- Linguistic change.
- German language--Possessives.
- German language.
- Dutch language--Possessives.
- Dutch language.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 383 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In The Genitive Case in Dutch and German: A Study of Morphosyntactic Change in Codified Languages , Alan K. Scott offers an account of the tension that exists between morphosyntactic change and codification, focusing on the effect that codification has had on the genitive case and alternative constructions in both languages. On the basis of usage data from a wide variety of registers, from the 16th century to the present day, Alan K. Scott demonstrates that codification has preserved obsolescent morphological genitive constructions in Dutch and German while suppressing their potential replacements, and shows that, despite its association with norm-conformant language, the genitive is used to a surprisingly large extent in informal early modern Dutch and modern German sources.
- Contents:
- Front Matter / Alan K. Scott
- Introduction / Alan K. Scott
- Morphosyntactic Change / Alan K. Scott
- The Genitive Case / Alan K. Scott
- Data and Methodology / Alan K. Scott
- The Dutch Genitive / Alan K. Scott
- The German Genitive / Alan K. Scott
- Codification and Morphosyntactic Change / Alan K. Scott
- Conclusions and Closing Remarks / Alan K. Scott
- Appendix 1: Primary Sources / Alan K. Scott
- References / Alan K. Scott
- Index / Alan K. Scott.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 9, 2014).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9789004183285
- 9004183280
- OCLC:
- 865650759
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004183285 DOI
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