The Shift from Affix to Clitic in the History of the English Genitive: Evidence from John of Trevisa’s Polychronicon

The Shift from Affix to Clitic in the History of the English Genitive: Evidence from John of Trevisa’s Polychronicon

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In this article I address the question of the change in grammatical nature for the English genitive from inflectional affix to clitic. I focus on the rise of the group genitive, a construction in which the mark for possession is not attached to the head of a possessor phrase but to the rightmost el...

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Main Author: Rodrigo Pérez Lorido
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ediuno. Ediciones de la Universidad de Oviedo 2025-07-01
Series:SELIM
Subjects:
English genitive
Middle English
group genitive
'his' genitive
deflexion
complex postmodification structures
Online Access:https://reunido.uniovi.es/index.php/SELIM/article/view/22218
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