01561nam a2200337 a 4500 EDZ0000073331 StDuBDS 20150804193940.0 m||||||||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 091013s2008 enk fo 001 0 eng d 9780191711893 (ebook) : No price StDuBDS StDuBDS PE1221 425 22 Allen, Cynthia L., 1951- Genitives in early English [electronic resource] : typology and evidence / Cynthia L. Allen. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008. 1 online resource (xiv, 354 p.) 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. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. Print version 9780199216680 Oxford scholarship online http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199216680.001.0001 37985 37985