Word order restrictions in adnominal constructions
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Petra Campe
Abstract
This paper focuses on variation between pre- and postnominal genitives of proper names in German. It refines and completes previous studies, in that it provides a systematic corpus study of all factors described in the existing literature and offers a thorough analysis of factors that may hamper genitive variation. The two constructions are not ‘equivalent’, since (1) the prenominal genitive has a specifying, determinative function, (2) certain factors exclude variation and (3) a variety of other factors hamper the alternation in so-called ‘choice’ contexts, such as the semantic factor ‘Agent/Patient role’, the syntactic factor of prosodic weight and a number of pragmatic factors like minor relevance of N1, further elaboration of N2, contrastive meaning, and higher participant identifiability of the genitive proper noun.
Abstract
This paper focuses on variation between pre- and postnominal genitives of proper names in German. It refines and completes previous studies, in that it provides a systematic corpus study of all factors described in the existing literature and offers a thorough analysis of factors that may hamper genitive variation. The two constructions are not ‘equivalent’, since (1) the prenominal genitive has a specifying, determinative function, (2) certain factors exclude variation and (3) a variety of other factors hamper the alternation in so-called ‘choice’ contexts, such as the semantic factor ‘Agent/Patient role’, the syntactic factor of prosodic weight and a number of pragmatic factors like minor relevance of N1, further elaboration of N2, contrastive meaning, and higher participant identifiability of the genitive proper noun.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Acknowledgements vii
- Genitive case and genitive constructions 1
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Part 1. General surveys
- The genitive case and the possessive construction in Finnish 19
- The Russian genitive within the NP and the VP 55
- Nominal and pronominal possessors in Romanian 105
- De : A genitive marker in French? 141
- The Bantu connective construction 217
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Part 2. Case studies
- Word order restrictions in adnominal constructions 255
- Tracing the origins of the Swedish group genitive 299
- Floating genitives and possessive framing in Northern Akhvakh 333
- Index 355
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Acknowledgements vii
- Genitive case and genitive constructions 1
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Part 1. General surveys
- The genitive case and the possessive construction in Finnish 19
- The Russian genitive within the NP and the VP 55
- Nominal and pronominal possessors in Romanian 105
- De : A genitive marker in French? 141
- The Bantu connective construction 217
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Part 2. Case studies
- Word order restrictions in adnominal constructions 255
- Tracing the origins of the Swedish group genitive 299
- Floating genitives and possessive framing in Northern Akhvakh 333
- Index 355
