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The expression of nominal possession

IMPACT: Studies in Language and Society, 2018
This chapter explores the expression of nominal possession by determining the distribution of variants (possessive adjectives, definite articles, possessive periphrases) and the effects of linguistic predictors. Nominal possession is conditioned by eight linguistic predictors (including semantic category of the genitive noun, type of subject, and ...
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The nominative/vocative plural of Vedic masculine a-stems in complex nominal expressions

Indogermanische Forschungen, 2020
Abstract In Vedic Sanskrit, masculine a-stem nominals exhibit two different forms of the nom/voc.pl, a short form (ending in ‑ās) and a long form (ending in ‑āsas). In this article, we will argue that the scope of this variation is not a single nominal but the entire noun phrase.
Pascal Coenen, Michael Frotscher
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Nominal categories and the expression of possession

2013
In this cross-linguistic study we present parallels between (a) the stochastic patterns found in corpus studies of English prenominal possessives, and (b) the rule-governed, categorical features of a highly constrained prenominal possessive construction found in some Germanic, Slavic, and Romance languages.
Catherine O'Connor   +2 more
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Topics on Yorùbá nominal expressions

2007
This thesis discusses four selected topics on Yoruba nominal expressions: the syntax of possessives, the construal of bare nouns, the marking of specificity and salience, and plural marking strategies. Regarding possessives, it is proposed that they have one base structure (a v P shell). The difference in surface linear order between verbal and nominal
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Conjoined Nominal Expressions in Japanese

2012
This paper studies nominal expressions in Japanese that are formed by conjoining two or more nominal expressions with conjunctions, and presents a theory of nominal expressions that captures their behaviors. In what follows, such nominal expressions are referred to as conjoined nominal expressions.
J. -R. Hayashishita, Daisuke Bekki
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