Table of contents

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Introductory overview
4. Genitives in Germanic 3
5. Portraits of lesser studied languages
6. A new perspective on the Luxembourgish genitive 15
7. Frisian genitives 37
8. Genitive markers and their destinies
9. On the motivation of genitive‑ s omission in Contemporary German 65
10. From genitive suffix to linking element 91
11. The development of non-paradigmatic linking elements in Faroese and the decline of the genitive case 115
12. ‘Genitives’ in nominal configurations
13. The Genitive Rule and its background 149
14. From genitive inflection to possessive marker? 189
15. Yiddish possessives as a case for genitive case 231
16. Genitives and their functional competitors
17. Genitives and proper name compounds in German 275
18. On the role of cases and possession in Germanic 301
19. Index 325