Periphrastic vs. inflected genitive in different registers of English : A corpus study

Mesarić, Hrvoje

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Perfrastični genitiv nasuprot flektivnom genitivu u različitim registrima engleskoga jezika

Korpusna studija

Hrvoje Mesarić (2014)

Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department of English Language and Literature

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Mesarić, H. (2014). Periphrastic vs. inflected genitive in different registers of English : A corpus study (Undergraduate thesis). Retrieved from https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:246501

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Mesarić, Hrvoje. "Periphrastic vs. inflected genitive in different registers of English : A corpus study." Undergraduate thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2014. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:246501

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Mesarić H. Periphrastic vs. inflected genitive in different registers of English : A corpus study [Undergraduate thesis]. Osijek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; 2014 [cited 2020 January 24] Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:246501

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Title	Periphrastic vs. inflected genitive in different registers of English : A corpus study
Title (english)	Perfrastični genitiv nasuprot flektivnom genitivu u različitim registrima engleskoga jezika : Korpusna studija
Author	Hrvoje Mesarić
Mentor	Gabrijela Buljan (mentor)
Granter	Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (Department of English Language and Literature) Osijek
Defense date and country	2014-10-15, Croatia
Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline	HUMANISTIC SCIENCES Philology Anglistics
Abstract	This paper will provide an insight into the use of periphrastic and inflected genitive forms and their frequency in different registers of English. First, a theoretical background on the English case system, particularly the genitive case, will be provided and key guidelines for identifying genitive constructions will be established. Next, the similarity of function and meaning between a noun in the genitive case and the same noun as head of a prepositional phrase with of will be outlined, followed by the semantic types of genitive constructions which demonstrate how this choice between the –s or the of-genitive largely depends on the meaning expressed by the genitive. Apart from the semantic types of genitive, the choice between the ‘s and the of-genitive can also be influenced by other factors and these will in turn be discussed according to their categories (lexical, relational, syntactic, etc.) The core part of this paper will consist of a selection of genitive phrases, divided into inflected and periphrastic genitive constructions, with the purpose of illustrating their frequency of use in the English language. The selection of phrases will be obtained from The Corpus of Contemporary American English web site, with special focus on the spoken and newspaper registers. The last and most important chapter will be dedicated to the presentation and interpretation of results with the purpose of confirming our hypothesis: The ‘s genitive forms with inanimate nouns are used more frequently in the newspaper register than in the register of spoken language.
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Language	english
URN:NBN	urn:nbn:hr:142:246501
Study programme	Title: English Language and Literature (double major) Study programme type: university Study level: undergraduate Academic / professional title: sveučilišni/a prvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) engleskoga jezika i književnosti (sveučilišni/a prvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) engleskoga jezika i književnosti)
Study programme	Title: German Language and Literature (double major) Study programme type: university Study level: undergraduate Academic / professional title: sveučilišni/aprvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) njemačkoga jezika i književnosti (sveučilišni/aprvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) njemačkoga jezika i književnosti)
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