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    The Use of Possessive Forms

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    The document discusses the use of possessive forms in English, including possessive determiners and nouns marked with possessive inflections. It covers: 1) The two main ways possessives are constructed - using possessive determiners like "my, your, his, her, etc." or adding an apostrophe-s inflection to nouns. 2) The different types of nouns that possessive determiners can modify - including names, roles, and collectives. 3) The functions of possessives in discourse, including omitting the possessed noun if inferable from context. 4) Preferences for using the apostrophe-s versus "of" constructions with different types of head nouns, like human

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    The document discusses the use of possessive forms in English, including possessive determiners and nouns marked with possessive inflections. It covers: 1) The two main ways possessives are constructed - using possessive determiners like "my, your, his, her, etc." or adding an apostrophe-s inflection to nouns. 2) The different types of nouns that possessive determiners can modify - including names, roles, and collectives. 3) The functions of possessives in discourse, including omitting the possessed noun if inferable from context. 4) Preferences for using the apostrophe-s versus "of" constructions with different types of head nouns, like human

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    * THE USE OF

    POSSESSIVE FORMS
    -two special syntactic constructionsa. Using the possessive determiners
    b. Possessive pronoun
    Ex.
    Philip is one of our friends
    Philip is a friend of ours

    NOUNS MARKED WITH THE


    POSSESSIVE INFLECTION
    -two main usesa. They may be definite determiners
    Ex. My cousins father
    Some peoples opinions
    b. They may be modifier more closely associated with the
    head noun and behave much like part as a compound noun
    Ex. Several womens universities
    A ships doctor

    *DEFINITE
    DETERMINERS
    -three types of possessive determiners modifying head
    nouns-

    a. Personal names
    ex. Bobs house
    b. Personal roles
    ex. The teachers report
    c. Collective nouns
    Ex. The companys report

    -five types of head nouns modified by possessive


    determinersa. Nouns of internal problem
    Ex. Bobs problem
    b. Personal roles
    Ex. Mr. Smith' s doctor
    c. Locative nouns
    Ex. The teachers office
    d. Physical objects
    Ex. The professors book
    e. Others (animals, partitive nouns and institutional and collective
    nouns)
    Ex. Billys dog

    *DISCOURSE FUNCTION
    OF POSSESSIVES
    Examples:
    The worlds oldest person
    Arles greatest attraction
    Her uncles shop
    -the noun that follows inflected noun may be deleted if it can be
    inferred from contextEx.
    Where is your car?
    Its being repaired, so I borrowed Teds.

    THE USE OF INFLECTED VERSUS


    PER IPHR ASTIC POSSESSIVES
    s form with human head nouns
    Ex. Martines husband (human head noun)
    of form with non human head nouns
    Ex. The end of the road (nonhuman head noun)
    But not for these:
    The works of Shakespeare fill an enormous volume.
    The dogs tail is wagging.

    According to study done by khampang(1973) in


    which he tested a native speakers:
    s form whenever the head noun was animate
    s form even with inanimate head noun shows an
    act of performing action
    Ex.
    The trains arrival was delayed.
    Instead of saying:
    The arrival of the train was delayed.

    -few less common ones applications of the s


    possessives Double possessives
    Ex.
    Hanks brothers car
    Nouns of special interest to human activity
    Ex. T
    he games history
    Natural phenomena
    Ex. T
    he earths rotation

    -the of possessive is preferred in all other instances, most


    commonly with inanimate objectsEx. He stood at the foot of the bed
    Instead of:
    He stood at the beds foot
    -according to khampang the of possessive maybe used even
    with a human head nouns when the modifier is longEx. Hes the son of the well known politician
    Instead of:
    Hes the well-known politicians son
    -Or with long double possessives
    Ex. What can I do for the husband of dr. smiths daughter?
    Instead of:
    What can I do for dr. smiths daughters husband?

    two typical pattern errors


    are:
    -

    a. Overgeneralizing of the of form


    Ex. The car of my friend is new
    b. Omitting the s
    Ex. My friend car is new

    SOME USES OF
    P O SS E SS I V E
    D E T E R M I N E R S ( M Y, Y O U R ,

    HIS,

    HER, ONE, THEIR)

    Sentence internal reference to


    avoid repetition
    Cross-sentential or cross clausal
    reference

    Social uses of possessive


    determiners(your and our)
    -used in nonliteral, socially motivated ways
    -speakers are trying to identify with and engage the listeners
    Ex.
    Here s a look at your local weather.
    (local meteorologist on the All weather channel)
    Were gonna go ahead and put our fertilizer down.
    (radio gardening expert to caller)

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