Genitivattribute

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This study looks at the morphological and syntactic particularities of genitive attributes in German, undertaking a morphosyntactically grounded classification into no more than three groups. The specific features of these three types are derived from general principles of generative grammar. As the phenomena observed cannot be explained independently of other features inherent in the German noun phrase, the study extends its purview to such things as appositions and attributive adjectives on the one hand and de-adjectival and de-verbal nouns on the other.

Autorentext
Prof. Dr. Thomas Lindauer lehrt an der Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz/Pädagogische Hochschule in Aarau.