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system (in which the "genitive case" often has a wider range of functions than merely forming possessives), while in languages like English, such words are usually called possessives rather than genitives. A given language may have distinct genitive and possessive forms, as in the example of Russian
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that do not qualify an explicit noun, the term is sometimes taken also to include all possessive forms that correspond to pronouns even though they behave as determiners. Some authors who classify both sets of words as
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Pronouns other than personal pronouns, if they have possessive forms, are likely to form them in a similar way to nouns (see below). In English, for example, possessive forms derived from other pronouns include
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was copied by subsequent writers. One result of this shift in terminology is the mistaken belief that the possessive form is only used for actual cases of possession or ownership (e.g.,
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are sometimes conflated, although they are not exactly the same. The genitive form, which does not exist in modern English as a productive inflection outside of pronouns (
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since possessive forms do not generally behave in a parallel fashion to what are normally identified as cases. In particular, in English, as noted above, the
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relationship, which may or may not be possessive; in other words, the possessive is a subset of genitive. For example, the genitive construction "speed
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which indicates the thing possessed. In many Afro-Asiatic languages, such as Arabic, nouns take a form with similar significance called the
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may stand for "my cat", "my sister", "my things", etc. In some languages these may require articles or other determiners, as the French
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The relationship expressed by possessive determiners and similar forms is not necessarily one of possession in the strict sense of
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Payne, John, and Rodney Huddleston. (2002) "Nouns and Noun Phrases." Chap. 5 of Rodney Huddleston and Geoffrey K. Pullum.
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similarly presents an inflected possessed form (or case) in nouns, which contrasts with a non-possessed form (the absolutive).
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In languages that have a genitive case, the genitive form of a noun may sometimes be used as a possessive (as in German
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the number is always indicated but the gender is only indicated for possessive pronouns, not possessive determiners;
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Substantive possessive pronouns are used on their own and cannot be used to describe a noun, playing the role of
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Before the 18th century, the word possessive was not used, and was considered merely one of several uses of the
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additionally inflect their possessives, thus giving agreement with both possessor and possessed; German has
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Note that the ending can be added at the end of a noun phrase even when the phrase does not end with its
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may stand for "the president's office", "the president's policies", etc., as determined by the context.
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Some languages have no distinct possessive determiners as such, instead using a pronoun together with a
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A particular use of possessive pronouns and noun forms in English is that illustrated in phrases like
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meaning "his" and "her" respectively, but these inflect to give (for example) feminine forms like
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Other theorists reject the idea that the possessive in languages like English represents a
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An alternative to the pronominal possessive determiner, found in some languages, including
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home) and not to indicate other, non-ownership forms of affiliation or association (e.g.,
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Since personal pronouns may also agree in number and gender with their own antecedent or
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with the noun they modify and possessive pronouns may be subject to agreement with their
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the person or thing to which the "possessed" stands in the designated relationship (
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of the possessor, but does not depend on properties of the possessed. Additionally,
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Some languages, including English, also have possessive forms derived from nouns or
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the possessive is usually preceded by another determiner such as an article, as in
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appears before the noun. For example, "Peter's house" may be translated either as:
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The terminology used for possessive words and phrases is not consistent among all
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Possessive determiners are used in combination with a noun, playing the role of a
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can attach to noun phrases even when they do not end with their head noun, as in
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Nouns or pronouns with a possessive form are sometimes described as being in the
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In Norwegian bokmål written form, the phrase could alternatively be written as
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possessives formed from nouns or noun phrases can be used in the same way;
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when used as "mine" to refer to the previous. This contrasts with standard
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English possessive § Status of the possessive as a grammatical case
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a person or thing affiliated with or identifying with the "possessed" (
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is used ("Maria's house", literally "Maria her house", where the final
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in the masculine singular nominative, and the possessive determiner is
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the two sets of forms are quite similar (for example, the genitive of
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pack" (though it is the same as "dog pack", which is not possessive).
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vol. 1). Copenhagen: Munksgaard; London: George Allen and Unwin.
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and so on. There are two main ways in which these can be used (and a
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Most European languages feature possessive forms associated with
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is most commonly used in relation to languages with a developed
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meaning "her"). The possessor noun can carry an additional
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In some languages, possessives can be formed from nouns or
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Some languages place the possessive after the noun, as in
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is the reflexive possessive, corresponding to the general
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the performer, or sometimes the undergoer, of an action (
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In some languages, possessive determiners are subject to
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the creator, supervisor, user, etc. of the "possessed" (
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the person or thing of which the "possessed" is a part (
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is reserved (as in this article) for possessives like
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In other languages, noun possessives must be formed
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In English, this is done using the ending 481:corresponding to English possessive pronoun 183:. A possessive used in this way is called a 1358:as a noun occurs in 1591, the first use of 739:(meaning "one's (own)", "my (own)", etc.). 2909: 2800: 2786: 2778: 2182: 2140: 2126: 2118: 295:" is not the same as the possessive form " 104:in a broad sense. This can include strict 34:. For the 2017 Indonesian drama film, see 1253:section above), and thus prefer the term 992:) or other definite determiner such as a 771:, or sometimes just an apostrophe, as in 641:is the possessive particle. Similarly in 355:correspond to the possessive determiners 1464:". The "possessor" may be, for example: 1204:given above. (The English possessive in 508:can all mean "his", "her" or "its"). In 287:" is equivalent to the possessive form " 229:Possessives are sometimes regarded as a 2087:Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1615: 162:. Here the possessive form serves as a 1926:from the original on 23 September 2013 1849: 1024:("my car", literally "the my car") or 2019:(2000). "Ethnics as Personal Names". 1984: 1982: 1980: 1556:. This began to change in 1762 with 629:, "my" or "mine" can be expressed as 271:The concepts of possessive forms and 27:Grammatical use indicating possession 7: 676:means "my", producing forms such as 171:Without an accompanying noun, as in 1789:Jesperson (1949), pp. 399–405 1628:"Genitive is Not Always Possessive" 1542:English possessive § Semantics 1399:to denote the possessor, as in the 1091:This is more my team than your team 708:. There is however a distinct form 2059:Longman Grammar of Spoken English. 426:(meaning either "our" or "ours"). 276: 25: 2439:Possession, companion, instrument 1811:Payne and Huddleston 2002, p. 426 1694:due to bokmål's Danish heritage. 139: 30:For possessives in English, see 1715:from the original on 2017-08-19 1632:The alt.usage.english Home Page 688:("his/her house"), formed from 543:) indicates the grammatical or 1373:in Ancient Greek is κτητικός ( 1185:What some authors refer to as 185:substantive possessive pronoun 1: 1736:(1999), pp. 270–72 1381:Possessive and possessed case 1123:A related use is that of the 264:means "house" and the suffix 2643:Postpositional/Prepositional 1824:(1985) pp. 361–62 1432:Some languages, such as the 1218:. It may also be called the 657:is the possessive particle. 96: 1881:(2). Munich: 328, 337–338. 1802:1999, pp. 340–42 1289:to refer, respectively, to 1250: 735:; the Russian form is свой 40:Possessive (disambiguation) 3692: 3635:Syntax–semantics interface 1519:the government's overthrow 1135:may be considered to be a 982:the car that belongs to me 712:for the possessive of the 85: 29: 2244:Location, time, direction 2187:Morphosyntactic alignment 2170:Morphosyntactic alignment 2155: 1834:Oxford English Dictionary 886:marker, in which case an 574:In languages that have a 326:English personal pronouns 3055:Exceptional case-marking 2106:Harlow, Essex: Longman. 2072:Jespersen, Otto. (1949) 2061:Harlow, Essex: Longman. 1769:Easy French step-by-step 1538:Possession (linguistics) 1530:the Irish jockey's horse 1436:, can be said to have a 1369:The equivalent of Latin 1208:is sometimes called the 320:and a set of possessive 245:, can be said to have a 140:variety of terminologies 18:Possessive (linguistics) 1536:For more examples, see 1287:adjectival/substantival 1225:Words like the English 1127:, as in sentences like 614:with various endings). 469:, as well as the forms 2861:Initial-stress-derived 1758:, Rosemary Allen, 2007 1280:dependent/independent, 1125:predicative expression 1095:This is mostly my team 951:of-Peter the his-house 940: 932: 924: 904: 896: 834: 824: 816: 318:possessive determiners 77: 38:. For other uses, see 3671:Genitive construction 3372:Inclusive / Exclusive 1605:Possessive determiner 1600:Possessive antecedent 1595:Genitive construction 1255:possessive determiner 1249:(see examples in the 1239:possessive adjectives 1112:etc. In English, the 970:attributive adjective 787:the king of England's 165:possessive determiner 1493:the building's walls 1364:possessive adjective 859:la plume de ma tante 645:, "my" or "mine" is 623:grammatical particle 582:, the genitive of я 518:mío, mía, míos, mías 260:("my house"), where 3252:Relative subsective 3145:Regular / Irregular 2990:Andative / Venitive 2826:Abstract / Concrete 1875:Die Welt der Slaven 1852:, p. 156, 157. 1709:Merriam-webster.com 1423:the king of Spain's 1272:possessive pronouns 1220:prenominal genitive 1160:that coat of Fred's 1137:predicate adjective 1014:English determiners 866:, the construction 680:("my house"), from 619:possessive particle 324:. For example, the 2811:and their features 2809:Lexical categories 1971:2024-05-18 at the 1943:2024-05-18 at the 1836:, Second Edition, 1776:2023-10-22 at the 1754:2023-10-22 at the 1343:possessive pronoun 1323:possessive pronoun 1259:possessive pronoun 1189:, others may call 1151:for "...is mine". 1089:), for example in 803:English possessive 224:that one is Jane's 189:possessive pronoun 32:English possessive 3666:Grammatical cases 3648: 3647: 3453:Casally modulated 3358:Formal / Informal 3247:Pure intersective 3197:Anti-intersective 3183: 3182: 3130:Preterite-present 2775: 2774: 2656: 2655: 2149:Grammatical cases 2112:978-0-5825-1734-9 2098:Quirk, Randolph, 1999:978-0-87779-132-4 1747:All about grammar 1626:Cunningham, Bob. 1478:your subordinates 1446:Classical Nahuatl 1434:Cariban languages 1366:dates from 1870. 1348:According to the 1276:genitive pronouns 1245:rather than true 1054:, where the noun 880:possessive suffix 848:"the cat's color" 801:, and further at 769:those young men's 733:reflexive pronoun 494:Romance languages 314:personal pronouns 279:), represents an 243:Cariban languages 113:personal pronouns 94: 16:(Redirected from 3683: 3227:Non-intersective 2910: 2802: 2795: 2788: 2779: 2668:Classical Arabic 2183: 2142: 2135: 2128: 2119: 2053:Biber, Douglas, 2043: 2041: 2040: 2034: 2027: 2017:Fraser, Peter M. 2004: 2003: 1986: 1975: 1954: 1948: 1935: 1933: 1931: 1925: 1910: 1872: 1863:Kordić, Snježana 1859: 1853: 1847: 1841: 1831: 1825: 1818: 1812: 1809: 1803: 1796: 1790: 1787: 1781: 1765: 1759: 1743: 1737: 1730: 1724: 1723: 1721: 1720: 1701: 1695: 1688: 1682: 1681: 1680:on 21 July 2012. 1676:. 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For example, 310: 305: 235:possessive case 201:nominal phrases 67: 66: 58: 57: 43: 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 3689: 3687: 3679: 3678: 3673: 3668: 3663: 3653: 3652: 3646: 3645: 3643: 3642: 3637: 3632: 3627: 3626: 3625: 3611: 3609:Procedure word 3606: 3601: 3600: 3599: 3594: 3584: 3579: 3574: 3569: 3567:Complementizer 3564: 3563: 3562: 3551: 3549: 3545: 3544: 3542: 3541: 3536: 3531: 3526: 3521: 3515: 3513: 3507: 3506: 3504: 3503: 3498: 3493: 3488: 3483: 3477: 3475: 3469: 3468: 3466: 3465: 3460: 3455: 3449: 3447: 3441: 3440: 3438: 3437: 3424: 3419: 3414: 3409: 3404: 3399: 3394: 3389: 3384: 3379: 3374: 3369: 3363:Gender-neutral 3360: 3355: 3350: 3345: 3340: 3335: 3330: 3328:Bound variable 3324: 3322: 3316: 3315: 3313: 3312: 3307: 3302: 3297: 3292: 3287: 3282: 3277: 3271: 3269: 3263: 3262: 3260: 3259: 3254: 3249: 3244: 3239: 3234: 3229: 3224: 3219: 3214: 3209: 3204: 3199: 3193: 3191: 3185: 3184: 3181: 3180: 3178: 3177: 3172: 3167: 3162: 3157: 3152: 3147: 3142: 3137: 3132: 3127: 3122: 3117: 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2468: 2463: 2458: 2453: 2448: 2442: 2440: 2436: 2435: 2433: 2432: 2427: 2422: 2417: 2412: 2407: 2405:Superdirective 2402: 2397: 2392: 2387: 2382: 2377: 2372: 2367: 2362: 2357: 2352: 2347: 2346: 2345: 2335: 2330: 2325: 2320: 2315: 2310: 2305: 2300: 2295: 2294: 2293: 2283: 2278: 2273: 2268: 2263: 2258: 2253: 2247: 2245: 2241: 2240: 2238: 2237: 2232: 2227: 2222: 2217: 2212: 2207: 2202: 2197: 2191: 2189: 2180: 2176: 2175: 2173: 2172: 2167: 2162: 2156: 2153: 2152: 2147: 2145: 2144: 2137: 2130: 2122: 2116: 2115: 2096: 2081: 2070: 2049: 2046: 2045: 2044: 2011: 2008: 2006: 2005: 1998: 1976: 1949: 1854: 1842: 1826: 1813: 1804: 1791: 1782: 1760: 1738: 1725: 1696: 1683: 1665: 1655:These include 1648: 1614: 1612: 1609: 1608: 1607: 1602: 1597: 1592: 1585: 1582: 1576:neighbor, the 1549: 1546: 1534: 1533: 1526:Prince's album 1522: 1511: 1496: 1485: 1453: 1450: 1401:Serbo-Croatian 1382: 1379: 1211:Saxon genitive 1171: 1168: 1075:as much ... as 1026:quel tuo libro 961: 958: 939: 931: 923: 922: 921: 903: 895: 894: 893: 892: 845:cat PTCL color 833: 823: 815: 814: 793:rather than a 779:the soldiers'. 744: 741: 653:means "I" and 637:means "I" and 553:Dutch dialects 545:natural gender 309: 306: 304: 301: 273:genitive forms 247:possessed case 197: 196: 177:I prefer yours 169: 26: 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 3688: 3677: 3674: 3672: 3669: 3667: 3664: 3662: 3659: 3658: 3656: 3641: 3638: 3636: 3633: 3631: 3628: 3624: 3620: 3617: 3616: 3615: 3612: 3610: 3607: 3605: 3602: 3598: 3595: 3593: 3590: 3589: 3588: 3585: 3583: 3580: 3578: 3575: 3573: 3570: 3568: 3565: 3561: 3558: 3557: 3556: 3553: 3552: 3550: 3546: 3540: 3537: 3535: 3532: 3530: 3527: 3525: 3524:Interrogative 3522: 3520: 3517: 3516: 3514: 3512: 3508: 3502: 3499: 3497: 3494: 3492: 3491:Interrogative 3489: 3487: 3486:Demonstrative 3484: 3482: 3479: 3478: 3476: 3474: 3470: 3464: 3461: 3459: 3456: 3454: 3451: 3450: 3448: 3446: 3442: 3436: 3435:Prepositional 3432: 3428: 3425: 3423: 3422:Strong / Weak 3420: 3418: 3415: 3413: 3410: 3408: 3405: 3403: 3400: 3398: 3395: 3393: 3390: 3388: 3387:Interrogative 3385: 3383: 3380: 3378: 3375: 3373: 3370: 3368: 3364: 3361: 3359: 3356: 3354: 3351: 3349: 3346: 3344: 3341: 3339: 3336: 3334: 3333:Demonstrative 3331: 3329: 3326: 3325: 3323: 3321: 3317: 3311: 3308: 3306: 3303: 3301: 3300:Prepositional 3298: 3296: 3293: 3291: 3290:Interrogative 3288: 3286: 3283: 3281: 3278: 3276: 3273: 3272: 3270: 3268: 3264: 3258: 3255: 3253: 3250: 3248: 3245: 3243: 3240: 3238: 3235: 3233: 3230: 3228: 3225: 3223: 3220: 3218: 3215: 3213: 3212:Demonstrative 3210: 3208: 3205: 3203: 3200: 3198: 3195: 3194: 3192: 3190: 3186: 3176: 3173: 3171: 3168: 3166: 3163: 3161: 3158: 3156: 3153: 3151: 3148: 3146: 3143: 3141: 3138: 3136: 3133: 3131: 3128: 3126: 3123: 3121: 3118: 3116: 3113: 3111: 3108: 3106: 3103: 3101: 3098: 3096: 3093: 3091: 3088: 3086: 3083: 3081: 3078: 3076: 3073: 3071: 3070:Germanic weak 3068: 3066: 3063: 3061: 3060:Frequentative 3058: 3056: 3053: 3051: 3048: 3046: 3043: 3041: 3038: 3036: 3033: 3031: 3028: 3026: 3023: 3021: 3018: 3016: 3013: 3011: 3008: 3006: 3003: 3001: 3000:Autocausative 2998: 2996: 2995:Anticausative 2993: 2991: 2988: 2986: 2983: 2982: 2980: 2976: 2970: 2967: 2965: 2964:Transgressive 2962: 2960: 2957: 2955: 2952: 2950: 2947: 2945: 2942: 2940: 2937: 2935: 2931: 2928: 2926: 2923: 2921: 2918: 2917: 2915: 2911: 2908: 2906: 2902: 2896: 2893: 2891: 2887: 2884: 2882: 2879: 2877: 2874: 2872: 2869: 2867: 2864: 2862: 2859: 2857: 2854: 2852: 2849: 2847: 2844: 2842: 2839: 2837: 2834: 2832: 2829: 2827: 2824: 2823: 2821: 2819: 2815: 2810: 2803: 2798: 2796: 2791: 2789: 2784: 2783: 2780: 2768: 2765: 2763: 2760: 2758: 2755: 2753: 2750: 2748: 2745: 2743: 2740: 2738: 2735: 2733: 2730: 2728: 2725: 2723: 2720: 2716: 2713: 2712: 2711: 2708: 2706: 2703: 2701: 2698: 2694: 2691: 2689: 2686: 2685: 2684: 2681: 2679: 2678:Archaic Dutch 2676: 2674: 2671: 2669: 2666: 2665: 2663: 2659: 2649: 2646: 2644: 2641: 2640: 2638: 2634: 2628: 2625: 2621: 2618: 2617: 2616: 2613: 2611: 2608: 2606: 2603: 2602: 2600: 2596: 2590: 2587: 2585: 2582: 2580: 2577: 2575: 2572: 2570: 2567: 2565: 2562: 2560: 2557: 2554: 2552: 2549: 2545: 2542: 2540: 2537: 2536: 2535: 2532: 2530: 2527: 2525: 2522: 2520: 2517: 2516: 2514: 2512:State, manner 2510: 2504: 2501: 2499: 2496: 2494: 2491: 2489: 2486: 2484: 2481: 2477: 2474: 2473: 2472: 2469: 2467: 2464: 2462: 2459: 2457: 2454: 2452: 2449: 2447: 2444: 2443: 2441: 2437: 2431: 2428: 2426: 2423: 2421: 2418: 2416: 2413: 2411: 2408: 2406: 2403: 2401: 2398: 2396: 2393: 2391: 2388: 2386: 2383: 2381: 2378: 2376: 2373: 2371: 2368: 2366: 2365:Postdirective 2363: 2361: 2358: 2356: 2353: 2351: 2348: 2344: 2341: 2340: 2339: 2336: 2334: 2331: 2329: 2326: 2324: 2321: 2319: 2316: 2314: 2311: 2309: 2306: 2304: 2301: 2299: 2296: 2292: 2289: 2288: 2287: 2284: 2282: 2279: 2277: 2276:Approximative 2274: 2272: 2269: 2267: 2264: 2262: 2259: 2257: 2254: 2252: 2249: 2248: 2246: 2242: 2236: 2233: 2231: 2228: 2226: 2223: 2221: 2218: 2216: 2213: 2211: 2208: 2206: 2203: 2201: 2198: 2196: 2193: 2192: 2190: 2188: 2184: 2181: 2177: 2171: 2168: 2166: 2163: 2161: 2160:List of cases 2158: 2157: 2154: 2150: 2143: 2138: 2136: 2131: 2129: 2124: 2123: 2120: 2113: 2109: 2105: 2101: 2097: 2094: 2093:0-521-43146-8 2090: 2086: 2082: 2079: 2076:Part 2 ( 2075: 2071: 2068: 2067:0-582-23725-4 2064: 2060: 2056: 2052: 2051: 2047: 2035:on 2019-10-18 2031: 2024: 2023: 2018: 2014: 2013: 2009: 2001: 1995: 1991: 1985: 1983: 1981: 1977: 1974: 1970: 1967: 1963: 1962:0-19-510952-X 1959: 1953: 1950: 1946: 1942: 1939: 1922: 1918: 1914: 1909: 1908:CROSBI 426794 1904: 1900: 1896: 1892: 1888: 1884: 1880: 1877:(in German). 1876: 1868: 1864: 1858: 1855: 1851: 1846: 1843: 1839: 1835: 1830: 1827: 1823: 1817: 1814: 1808: 1805: 1801: 1795: 1792: 1786: 1783: 1779: 1775: 1772: 1770: 1764: 1761: 1757: 1753: 1750: 1748: 1742: 1739: 1735: 1729: 1726: 1714: 1710: 1706: 1700: 1697: 1693: 1687: 1684: 1679: 1675: 1669: 1666: 1662: 1658: 1652: 1649: 1638:on 2014-11-15 1637: 1633: 1629: 1622: 1620: 1616: 1610: 1606: 1603: 1601: 1598: 1596: 1593: 1591: 1588: 1587: 1583: 1581: 1579: 1575: 1571: 1567: 1563: 1559: 1555: 1554:genitive case 1547: 1545: 1543: 1539: 1531: 1527: 1523: 1520: 1516: 1512: 1509: 1505: 1501: 1497: 1494: 1490: 1486: 1483: 1479: 1475: 1471: 1467: 1466: 1465: 1463: 1459: 1451: 1449: 1447: 1443: 1439: 1435: 1430: 1428: 1424: 1420: 1416: 1411: 1409: 1405: 1402: 1398: 1394: 1393: 1392:genitive case 1388: 1380: 1378: 1376: 1372: 1367: 1365: 1361: 1357: 1353: 1352: 1346: 1344: 1340: 1336: 1332: 1328: 1324: 1320: 1316: 1312: 1308: 1304: 1300: 1296: 1292: 1288: 1284: 1281: 1277: 1273: 1268: 1264: 1260: 1256: 1252: 1251:§ Syntax 1248: 1244: 1240: 1236: 1235:traditionally 1232: 1228: 1223: 1221: 1217: 1213: 1212: 1207: 1202: 1198: 1197: 1192: 1188: 1183: 1181: 1177: 1169: 1167: 1165: 1161: 1157: 1152: 1150: 1146: 1142: 1138: 1134: 1130: 1126: 1121: 1119: 1115: 1111: 1107: 1103: 1098: 1096: 1092: 1088: 1084: 1080: 1076: 1072: 1068: 1064: 1059: 1057: 1053: 1049: 1045: 1041: 1037: 1034: 1029: 1027: 1023: 1019: 1015: 1011: 1010:my three cars 1007: 1003: 999: 995: 994:demonstrative 991: 987: 986:is used by me 983: 979: 975: 971: 967: 959: 954: 952: 949: 945: 942: 937: 934: 929: 926: 918: 916: 913: 909: 906: 901: 898: 891: 889: 885: 881: 877: 873: 869: 865: 861: 860: 855: 849: 846: 843: 839: 836: 831: 826: 821: 818: 813: 811: 806: 804: 800: 796: 792: 788: 784: 780: 777: 774: 770: 766: 762: 758: 754: 750: 742: 740: 738: 734: 730: 726: 722: 719: 715: 714:interrogative 711: 707: 703: 699: 693: 691: 687: 683: 679: 675: 671: 667: 663: 658: 656: 652: 648: 644: 640: 636: 632: 628: 624: 620: 615: 613: 609: 605: 601: 597: 593: 589: 585: 581: 577: 576:genitive case 572: 570: 566: 562: 558: 554: 550: 546: 542: 538: 534: 531: 527: 523: 519: 515: 511: 507: 503: 499: 495: 491: 486: 484: 480: 479:les mien(ne)s 476: 472: 468: 464: 460: 456: 452: 448: 444: 440: 436: 432: 427: 425: 422: 418: 414: 410: 406: 402: 398: 394: 390: 386: 382: 378: 374: 370: 366: 362: 358: 354: 350: 346: 342: 338: 334: 330: 327: 323: 319: 315: 308:From pronouns 307: 302: 300: 298: 294: 290: 286: 282: 278: 274: 269: 267: 263: 259: 256: 252: 248: 244: 240: 239:genitive case 236: 232: 227: 225: 221: 220:Jane's office 217: 216:nobody else's 213: 210: 206: 202: 194: 190: 186: 182: 178: 174: 170: 167: 166: 161: 157: 153: 149: 145: 144: 143: 141: 137: 133: 129: 125: 121: 118: 114: 109: 107: 103: 98: 92: 83: 82:Ancient Greek 79: 75: 71: 61: 56: 52: 48: 41: 37: 33: 19: 3623:Pro-sentence 3597:Onomatopoeia 3587:Interjection 3560:Measure word 3538: 3495: 3396: 3343:Distributive 3237:Postpositive 3231: 3217:Intersective 3170:Unaccusative 3115:Performative 3085:Intransitive 3045:Ditransitive 2871:Noun adjunct 2492: 2487: 2471:Instrumental 2410:Superelative 2385:Subdirective 2343:-qualitative 2286:Distributive 2215:Intransitive 2103: 2099: 2084: 2077: 2073: 2058: 2054: 2037:. 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Retrieved 1636:the original 1631: 1577: 1573: 1569: 1565: 1561: 1558:Robert Lowth 1551: 1535: 1529: 1525: 1518: 1514: 1507: 1503: 1499: 1492: 1488: 1481: 1477: 1473: 1469: 1455: 1437: 1431: 1422: 1418: 1412: 1407: 1403: 1390: 1386: 1384: 1374: 1370: 1368: 1363: 1359: 1355: 1349: 1347: 1342: 1339:substantival 1338: 1334: 1330: 1326: 1322: 1318: 1314: 1310: 1309:is termed a 1306: 1305:, etc. Thus 1302: 1298: 1294: 1290: 1286: 1282: 1279: 1275: 1271: 1266: 1262: 1258: 1254: 1238: 1237:been called 1230: 1226: 1224: 1219: 1209: 1205: 1194: 1190: 1186: 1184: 1173: 1163: 1159: 1155: 1153: 1149:...est à moi 1148: 1144: 1140: 1132: 1128: 1122: 1117: 1113: 1109: 1105: 1102:noun phrases 1099: 1094: 1090: 1082: 1074: 1070: 1066: 1060: 1055: 1051: 1047: 1043: 1042:on the noun 1039: 1035: 1030: 1025: 1021: 1012:, etc.; see 1009: 1005: 1001: 997: 989: 985: 981: 977: 963: 953: 950: 947: 943: 935: 927: 917: 914: 911: 907: 899: 875: 871: 867: 857: 851: 847: 844: 841: 837: 827: 819: 809: 807: 786: 785:noun, as in 778: 775: 772: 768: 764: 760: 756: 752: 746: 736: 724: 720: 709: 705: 701: 697: 694: 689: 685: 681: 677: 673: 659: 654: 650: 646: 638: 634: 630: 618: 616: 611: 607: 603: 599: 591: 587: 586:"I" is меня 583: 573: 568: 564: 560: 556: 551:and several 540: 536: 532: 529: 525: 517: 513: 505: 501: 497: 487: 482: 478: 474: 470: 466: 462: 458: 454: 428: 423: 416: 412: 408: 404: 400: 396: 392: 388: 384: 380: 376: 372: 368: 364: 360: 356: 352: 348: 344: 340: 336: 332: 328: 311: 296: 292: 288: 284: 280: 270: 268:means "my". 265: 261: 257: 246: 234: 228: 223: 219: 215: 211: 208: 204: 198: 192: 188: 184: 180: 176: 172: 163: 159: 156:your sisters 155: 151: 135: 131: 127: 123: 119: 110: 65: 59: 50: 46: 44: 3572:Conjunction 3338:Disjunctive 3275:Conjunctive 3222:Nominalized 3125:Predicative 2969:Verbal noun 2920:Attributive 2693:Old English 2661:Declensions 2610:Benefactive 2589:Translative 2574:Orientative 2559:Instructive 2524:Comparative 2476:-comitative 2430:Terminative 2420:Superlative 2415:Superessive 2370:Postelative 1850:Fraser 2000 1580:environs). 1515:his arrival 1500:his country 1397:dative case 1371:possessivus 1331:independent 1297:, etc. and 1283:weak/strong 1243:determiners 1216:Old English 1187:possessives 1176:grammarians 1170:Terminology 1087:superlative 1079:comparative 1006:all my cars 998:this my car 842:neko no iro 795:case ending 173:mine is red 142:for each): 115:, like the 78:possessivus 55:abbreviated 3655:Categories 3640:Yes and no 3555:Classifier 3539:Possessive 3501:Quantifier 3496:Possessive 3473:Determiner 3445:Adposition 3417:Resumptive 3402:Reciprocal 3397:Possessive 3377:Indefinite 3305:Pronominal 3257:Subsective 3232:Possessive 3202:Collateral 3175:Unergative 3165:Transitive 3080:Inchoative 3075:Impersonal 3015:Catenative 2954:Participle 2949:Infinitive 2881:Relational 2851:Collective 2831:Adjectival 2752:Lithuanian 2584:Semblative 2493:Possessive 2456:Comitative 2390:Subelative 2375:Postessive 2360:Pertingent 2333:Limitative 2271:Apudessive 2220:Nominative 2200:Accusative 2195:Absolutive 2165:Declension 2039:2019-10-18 1838:possessive 1719:2017-07-26 1661:Brabantian 1657:Limburgish 1642:2014-02-26 1611:References 1568:book, the 1562:possessive 1356:possessive 1319:adjectival 1247:adjectives 990:the my car 966:determiner 912:Péter háza 868:Mária háza 810:Karls Haus 743:From nouns 702:somebody's 631:watashi no 435:antecedent 285:of the car 203:, such as 102:possession 47:possessive 3630:Prop-word 3592:Ideophone 3519:Discourse 3458:Inflected 3407:Reflexive 3382:Intensive 3189:Adjective 3160:Stretched 3150:Separable 3140:Reflexive 3035:Denominal 3030:Defective 3010:Captative 3005:Auxiliary 2944:Gerundive 2934:Nonfinite 2856:Countable 2732:Hungarian 2579:Revertive 2519:Adverbial 2503:Sociative 2498:Privative 2488:Possessed 2400:Sublative 2395:Subessive 2380:Prolative 2355:Perlative 2323:Intrative 2313:Inelative 2298:Egressive 2291:-temporal 2266:Antessive 2230:Partitive 1895:223722257 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Index

Possessive (linguistics)
English possessive
Posesif
Possessive (disambiguation)
abbreviated
Latin
Ancient Greek
romanized
possession
ownership
personal pronouns
English
variety of terminologies
noun
possessive determiner
nominal phrases
grammatical case
genitive case
Cariban languages
possessive affix
Finnish
genitive forms
see below
personal pronouns
possessive determiners
pronouns
English personal pronouns
Finnish
agreement
antecedent

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