Cynthia L. Allen
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- January 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780199216680
- eISBN:
- 9780191711893
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199216680.003.0005
- Subject:
- Linguistics, Historical Linguistics, English Language
This chapter looks at possessor doubling constructions, in which a form looking like a possessive pronoun is used, instead of an inflection, as a possessive marker, in various Germanic languages. ...
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This chapter looks at possessor doubling constructions, in which a form looking like a possessive pronoun is used, instead of an inflection, as a possessive marker, in various Germanic languages. This prepares the ground for a comparison of possessive construction found in earlier English with these doubling constructions.Less
This chapter looks at possessor doubling constructions, in which a form looking like a possessive pronoun is used, instead of an inflection, as a possessive marker, in various Germanic languages. This prepares the ground for a comparison of possessive construction found in earlier English with these doubling constructions.
Cynthia L. Allen
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- January 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780199216680
- eISBN:
- 9780191711893
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199216680.003.0002
- Subject:
- Linguistics, Historical Linguistics, English Language
This chapter surveys possessive markers in the modern Germanic languages and looks at the Common Germanic background relevant to the remainder of the book.
This chapter surveys possessive markers in the modern Germanic languages and looks at the Common Germanic background relevant to the remainder of the book.
Ian G. Roberts
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- September 2007
- ISBN:
- 9780195168211
- eISBN:
- 9780199788453
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195168211.003.0004
- Subject:
- Linguistics, Syntax and Morphology
This chapter analyses the other principal instances of non-mutated argument DPs aside from the subject of the finite clause. The main purpose is to complete the picture of argument-licensing ...
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This chapter analyses the other principal instances of non-mutated argument DPs aside from the subject of the finite clause. The main purpose is to complete the picture of argument-licensing developed in Chapter 2 by analysing non-mutated objects of non-finite verbs. As preliminaries to this, two further issues are investigated: the Case/agreement properties of possessor DPs and the nature of the ‘verbal noun’. The first part of the chapter reports a fairly consensual view of the internal structure of the Welsh/Celtic DP, involving in particular the idea that N-initial DPs are derived by N-to-D movement. This leads to an analysis of possessive pronouns as agreement markers. The second part of the chapter analyses verbal nouns. These are taken to be participles, and a detailed comparison of these with Romance past participles follows. It is proposed that verbal nouns, unlike Romance participles, have no voice property. The ‘have’ auxiliary in Welsh is briefly analysed, adopting the approach in Kayne (1993).Less
This chapter analyses the other principal instances of non-mutated argument DPs aside from the subject of the finite clause. The main purpose is to complete the picture of argument-licensing developed in Chapter 2 by analysing non-mutated objects of non-finite verbs. As preliminaries to this, two further issues are investigated: the Case/agreement properties of possessor DPs and the nature of the ‘verbal noun’. The first part of the chapter reports a fairly consensual view of the internal structure of the Welsh/Celtic DP, involving in particular the idea that N-initial DPs are derived by N-to-D movement. This leads to an analysis of possessive pronouns as agreement markers. The second part of the chapter analyses verbal nouns. These are taken to be participles, and a detailed comparison of these with Romance past participles follows. It is proposed that verbal nouns, unlike Romance participles, have no voice property. The ‘have’ auxiliary in Welsh is briefly analysed, adopting the approach in Kayne (1993).
Johan Rooryck and Guido Vanden Wyngaerd
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199691326
- eISBN:
- 9780191731785
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199691326.003.0003
- Subject:
- Linguistics, Theoretical Linguistics, Syntax and Morphology
This chapter discusses the syntax of simplex reflexives. It argues that simplex reflexives should be analysed on a par with possessive pronouns occurring in contexts of inalienable possession. ...
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This chapter discusses the syntax of simplex reflexives. It argues that simplex reflexives should be analysed on a par with possessive pronouns occurring in contexts of inalienable possession. Concretely, simplex reflexives are merged as the Possessum in a possessive constituent that also hosts its antecedent, the Possessor. Following Den Dikken (2006), the Possessum is merged in a position that is hierarchically higher than the Possessor. In this configuration, the reflexive Possessum is a probe c-commanding its goal, the Possessor-antecedent. The reflexive Possessum values its φ-features in an Agree relation with the Possessor, thus deriving Binding. Finally, it is shown that the constituent containing the Possessor and the Possessum is the internal argument of an unaccusative verb.Less
This chapter discusses the syntax of simplex reflexives. It argues that simplex reflexives should be analysed on a par with possessive pronouns occurring in contexts of inalienable possession. Concretely, simplex reflexives are merged as the Possessum in a possessive constituent that also hosts its antecedent, the Possessor. Following Den Dikken (2006), the Possessum is merged in a position that is hierarchically higher than the Possessor. In this configuration, the reflexive Possessum is a probe c-commanding its goal, the Possessor-antecedent. The reflexive Possessum values its φ-features in an Agree relation with the Possessor, thus deriving Binding. Finally, it is shown that the constituent containing the Possessor and the Possessum is the internal argument of an unaccusative verb.
Gerjan van Schaaik
- Published in print:
- 2020
- Published Online:
- September 2020
- ISBN:
- 9780198851509
- eISBN:
- 9780191886102
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780198851509.003.0007
- Subject:
- Linguistics, Phonetics / Phonology, Syntax and Morphology
Besides an outline of how interrogative pronouns (those for people, things, location, reason, purpose, quality, quantity, etc.), personal, and demonstrative pronouns are inflected and used, a ...
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Besides an outline of how interrogative pronouns (those for people, things, location, reason, purpose, quality, quantity, etc.), personal, and demonstrative pronouns are inflected and used, a thorough discussion is devoted to their plural, possessive, and case-marked forms. Also the use of personal pronouns in invective expressions is elucidated, as well as the use of the possessive marker first-person singular to express affection or respect in addressing a person. Indefinite pronouns are not really a different kettle of fish, since most of them can be inflected throughout, and this holds for reflexive and reciprocal pronouns as well. The properties of the invariant suffix –ki(n) placed after a genitive case marker form the topic of the final section, in which special attention is given to possessive pronouns.Less
Besides an outline of how interrogative pronouns (those for people, things, location, reason, purpose, quality, quantity, etc.), personal, and demonstrative pronouns are inflected and used, a thorough discussion is devoted to their plural, possessive, and case-marked forms. Also the use of personal pronouns in invective expressions is elucidated, as well as the use of the possessive marker first-person singular to express affection or respect in addressing a person. Indefinite pronouns are not really a different kettle of fish, since most of them can be inflected throughout, and this holds for reflexive and reciprocal pronouns as well. The properties of the invariant suffix –ki(n) placed after a genitive case marker form the topic of the final section, in which special attention is given to possessive pronouns.
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- May 2014
- ISBN:
- 9781846311314
- eISBN:
- 9781781380680
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5949/UPO9781846315596.004
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Cultural Studies
This chapter discusses Manx pronouns. It discusses personal pronouns; possessive pronouns/particles; alternative construction when the object is a pronoun; emphatic forms; indefinite pronouns; and ...
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This chapter discusses Manx pronouns. It discusses personal pronouns; possessive pronouns/particles; alternative construction when the object is a pronoun; emphatic forms; indefinite pronouns; and interrogative pronouns.Less
This chapter discusses Manx pronouns. It discusses personal pronouns; possessive pronouns/particles; alternative construction when the object is a pronoun; emphatic forms; indefinite pronouns; and interrogative pronouns.
