Genitives in early English [electronic resource] : typology and evidence / Cynthia L. Allen. Allen, Cynthia L., 1951- English language Possessives. English language Case. English language Syntax. English language Grammar, Historical. English language Early modern, 1500-1700 Possessives. English language Middle English, 1100-1500 Possessives. PE1221 425 22 Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record. This text considers how English possessives changed from '-es' to ''s' during the middle ages. The author draws together her own and others' research on syntactic and morphological change in order to assess and explain the roles of processing and pragmatics in the construction of grammars and grammatical change. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008. 2008. 2008 Text 1 online resource (xiv, 354 p.) http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199216680.001.0001 eng