This contribution develops a detailed analysis of the similarities between the forms of aprepositional genitive found in Old Romance varieties and the forms of aprepositional genitive found in distinct varieties of the Semitic 'construct state'. The main hypothesis is that genitive case manifests abstract agreement between tense and definiteness features realized in canonical and non-canonical syntactic positions

Licensing arguments within noun-phrases: on the nature of genitive case

DELFITTO, Denis
2009-01-01

Abstract

This contribution develops a detailed analysis of the similarities between the forms of aprepositional genitive found in Old Romance varieties and the forms of aprepositional genitive found in distinct varieties of the Semitic 'construct state'. The main hypothesis is that genitive case manifests abstract agreement between tense and definiteness features realized in canonical and non-canonical syntactic positions
2009
9788862741583
genitive case; construct state; nominal compounding
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