TY  - BOOK
AU  - Scott,Alan
TI  - The genitive case in Dutch and German: a study of morphosyntactic change in codified languages 
T2  - Brill's studies in historical linguistics,
SN  - 9789004183285
AV  - P290 .S37 2014
U1  - 435/.5 23
CY  - Leiden, Boston
PB  - Brill.
KW  - Grammar, Comparative and general
KW  - Morphosyntax
KW  - Possessives
KW  - Linguistic change
KW  - German language
KW  - Dutch language
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Front Matter; Alan K. Scott --; Introduction; Alan K. Scott --; Morphosyntactic Change; Alan K. Scott --; The Genitive Case; Alan K. Scott --; Data and Methodology; Alan K. Scott --; The Dutch Genitive; Alan K. Scott --; The German Genitive; Alan K. Scott --; Codification and Morphosyntactic Change; Alan K. Scott --; Conclusions and Closing Remarks; Alan K. Scott --; Appendix 1: Primary Sources; Alan K. Scott --; References; Alan K. Scott --; Index; Alan K. Scott
N2  - In The Genitive Case in Dutch and German: A Study of Morphosyntactic Change in Codified Languages , Alan K. Scott offers an account of the tension that exists between morphosyntactic change and codification, focusing on the effect that codification has had on the genitive case and alternative constructions in both languages. On the basis of usage data from a wide variety of registers, from the 16th century to the present day, Alan K. Scott demonstrates that codification has preserved obsolescent morphological genitive constructions in Dutch and German while suppressing their potential replacements, and shows that, despite its association with norm-conformant language, the genitive is used to a surprisingly large extent in informal early modern Dutch and modern German sources
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004183285
ER  -