TY - BOOK AU - Allen, Cynthia L., TI - Genitives in early English: typology and evidence SN - 9780191711 AV - PE1221 U1 - 425 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - English language KW - Possessives KW - Case KW - Syntax KW - Grammar, Historical KW - Early modern, 1500-1700 KW - Middle English, 1100-1500 N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - 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 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199216680.001.0001 ER -