Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Introduction vii
4. Dealing with postmodified possessors in early English 1
5. Variation in the form and function of the possessive morpheme in Late Middle and Early Modern English 35
6. The great regression 59
7. Nominal categories and the expression of possession 89
8. Expression of possession in English 123
9. A cognitive analysis of John’s hat 149
10. The oblique genitive in English 177
11. The marker of the English “Group Genitive” is a special clitic, not an inflection 193
12. Two prenominal possessors in West Flemish 219
13. A Mozart sonata and the Palme murder 253
14. Possessive clitics and ezafe in Urdu 291
15. References 323
16. Index 339