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Possessives in English: An Exploration in Cognitive Grammar Hardback - 1996
by John R. Taylor
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The possessive morpheme in English occurs in a variety of constructions - prenominal possessives (the man's hat, the plane's arrival), postnominal possessives (a friend of mine), -ing nominalizations (without my saying so), and possessive compounds (a girls' school). What does this morpheme actually mean, what is its syntactic category, what is its semantic contribution to the expressions in which it occurs, and how can various restrictions on its use be accounted for? Dr Taylor proposes a unitary account of the possessive morpheme. He takes as his theoretical framework Cognitive Grammar, as developed over the past 15 years by Ronald Langacker and others. In the earlier chapters of the book he introduces and motivates the conceptual apparatus of the theory, and in later chapters he develops a coherent account of the full range of possessive constructions in English. A special feature of the book is that it offers a wide-ranging critique of both traditional and more recent accounts of possessive expressions. Focusing particularly on Government and Binding theory, the author highlights the profound conceptual differences underlying the two theoretical approaches represented by GB and Cognitive Grammar, while also observing some points of convergence between them.
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- Title Possessives in English: An Exploration in Cognitive Grammar
- Author John R. Taylor
- Binding Hardback
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 384
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Publication date 1996-11-14
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
- ISBN 9780198235866 / 0198235860
- Weight 1.57 lbs (0.71 kg)
- Dimensions 9.21 x 6.14 x 0.88 in (23.39 x 15.60 x 2.24 cm)
- Reading level 1370
- Category Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy
- Library of Congress subjects Cognitive grammar, English language - Possessives
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 96016385
- Dewey Decimal Code 415
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