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The Emergence of the "s"-Genitive in Danish
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Perridon, Harry – Language Sciences, 2013
The -"s" genitives of English and Swedish play an important role in grammaticalization theory, as they are often used as counterexamples to the main tenet of that theory, viz. that grammatical change is unidirectional. In this paper I look at the emergence of the -"s" genitive in Danish, hoping that it may shed some new light on the evolution of…
Descriptors: Morphemes, Indo European Languages, Grammar, Latin
On the Prehistry of Old English "hlaefdige."
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Bammesberger, Alfred – Language Sciences, 2002
Examines the preform for the Old English "haefdige," the precursor of "lady." A list of 17 points that discuss the evolution is provided. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, Etymology, Nouns, Old English
Sexist German-Non-Sexist English or Non-Sexist German-Sexist English? Historical Observations on a Pragmatic Question.
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Kastovsky, Dieter; Dalton-Puffer, Christiane – Language Sciences, 2002
Investigates tendencies with regard to gender-specific or gender-non-specific designations in English and German by means of nouns in present-day usage as well as the historical development of these tendencies. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, English, German, Language Usage
Verdum mortuum est. Vivat verbum (The Verb Is Dead. Long Live the Verb)!
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Hodge, Carleton T. – Language Sciences, 1974
Discusses the position of verbs within the overall morphology of language, particularly verb forms and their syntactic restraints in Egyptian and Semitic languages. (DD)
Descriptors: Afro Asiatic Languages, Diachronic Linguistics, Morphology (Languages), Nouns