- •Lecture 5. The Noun.
- •5.1. General Characteristics.
- •1) The semantic features of the noun.
- •2) The morphological features of the noun:
- •3) The syntactical features of the noun
- •5.2. The Noun: Number.
- •1) Multitude plural
- •2) Descriptive uncountable plural
- •3) Repetition plural
- •5.3. The Noun: Case
- •2) The theory of prepositional cases (g. Curme, etc)
- •3) The limited case theory (h. Sweet, o. Jespersen).
- •4) The theory of the possessive postposition (postpositional theory)
- •1. The common case (the direct case)
- •2. The genitive case (the only oblique case).
- •The word genitive;
- •The phrase genitive.
- •1) The ‘genitive of possessor’ (The Possessive Genitive)
- •3) The ‘genitive of agent’ (Subjective Genitive)
- •4) The "genitive of patient" (The Objective Genitive)
- •5) The ‘genitive of destination’.
- •6) The ‘genitive of dispensed qualification’.
- •7) The ‘genitive of adverbial’.(Adverbial Genitive)
- •8) The ‘genitive of quantity’.
4) The "genitive of patient" (The Objective Genitive)
This type expresses the recipient of the action or process denoted by the head-noun.
the champion's sensational defeat; Erick's final expulsion; the meeting's chairman; the St Gregory's proprietor; the city's business leaders; the Titanic's tragedy.
Test: ...→ the champion is defeated (i.e. his opponent defeated him); ...→ Erick is expelled; ...→ the meeting is chaired by its chairman; ...→ the St Gregory is owned by its proprietor, etc.
5) The ‘genitive of destination’.
This form denotes the destination, or function of the referent of the head-noun.
women's footwear; children's verses; a fishers' tent.
Test: ...→ footwear for women; ...→ a tent for fishers, etc.
6) The ‘genitive of dispensed qualification’.
The meaning of this genitive type is some characteristic or qualification, not received, but given by the genitive noun to the referent of the head-noun.
a girl's voice; a book-keeper's statistics;
Test: ...→ a voice characteristic of a girl; ...→ statistics peculiar to a book-keeper's report;
Its subtype is the ‘genitive of comparison’.
the cock's self-confidence of the man; his perky sparrow's smile.
Test: ...→ the self-confidence like that of a cock; ...→ the smile making the man resemble a perky sparrow.
7) The ‘genitive of adverbial’.(Adverbial Genitive)
The form denotes adverbial factors relating to the referent of the head-noun (mostly the time and place of the event).
the evening's newspaper; yesterday's encounter; Moscow's talks.
Test: ...→ the newspaper issued in the evening; ...→ the encounter which took place yesterday; ...→the talks that were held in Moscow.
8) The ‘genitive of quantity’.
This type of genitive denotes the measure or quantity relating to the referent of the head-noun (mostly concerns units of distance measure, time measure, weight measure).
three miles' distance; an hour's delay; two months' time; a hundred tons' load.
Test: ...→ a distance the measure of which is three miles; ...→ a time lasting for two months; ...→ a load weighing a hundred tons.
The identified types are open both to subtype specifications, and inter-type generalisations (for instance, on the principle of the differentiation between subject-object relations), and the very set of primary types may be expanded.