What controls the “genitive variation” in Present-Day English?
What controls the “genitive variation” in Present-Day English?
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是什么控制着现代英语中的“属格变异”？
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2012
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Jim Feist
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作者：
Jim Feist
本文讨论了在大学的预算和大学的预算中，是什么控制了说话人使用-s和-属名代词。这篇文章的大部分内容都直接涉及对“属格变异”的控制。它首先认为，还有第三种变体，如大学预算。然后讨论了为什么所有三个刚刚给出的，例如，是语法，但是，一升汽油，替代品（*a petrol's litter和 *a petrol litter）是不语法的，认为语法性是由单词和短语的含义是否与它们的句法兼容。然后，它认为，在有同样的语法选择，扬声器的选择往往取决于语义和句法的兼容性相同的问题。论文的最后一个主要部分讨论了第三个变体的语法地位，认为大学预算确实是属格的。
This paper takes up the recent discussion of what controls speakers’ use of the -s and of- genitives, as in the university’s budget and the budget of the university. Most of the paper deals directly with control of that “genitive variation”. It first argues that there is a third variant, as in the university budget. It then discusses why all three just given, for example, are grammatical, but, with a litre of petrol, the alternatives (*a petrol’s litre and *a petrol litre) are not grammatical, arguing that the grammaticality is controlled by whether the word and phrase meanings are compatible with their syntax. It then argues that, where there are equally grammatical alternatives, the speakers’ choice often depends on the same issues of semantic and syntactic compatibility. The last main section of the paper deals with the grammatical status of that third variant, arguing that the university budget truly is genitive.