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Author Scott, Alan (Alan K.), author.

Title The genitive case in Dutch and German : a study of morphosyntactic change in codified languages / by Alan K. Scott
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2014]
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Description 1 online resource (xi, 383 pages)
Series Brill's studies in historical linguistics, 2211-4904 ; 2
Brill's studies in historical linguistics ; 2.
Contents Morphosyntactic change -- The genitive case -- Data and methodology -- The Dutch genitive -- The German genitive -- Codification and morphosyntactic change -- Conclusions and closing remarks
Summary In The Genitive Case in Dutch and German, Alan K. Scott offers an account of the tension between morphosyntactic change and codification, focusing on the effect that codification has had on the genitive case and alternative constructions in both languages
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Grammar, Comparative and general -- Morphosyntax.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Possessives.
Linguistic change.
German language -- Possessives
Dutch language -- Possessives
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- German.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Morphosyntax
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Possessives
Linguistic change
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789004183285
9004183280