New Women's Suitcases: The Possessive-Adjective Switch.

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An analysiL of the structure of possessive-adjective phrases (e.g., new suitcases, new women's suitcases) in English looks at some data that appear to conflict with the intuitive order of S-structure possessives preceding adjectives. A solution to this apparent anomaly is proposed: it is not the compounding of possessive-noun combination that regulates pre-possessive adjectives, but the non-referentiality of the possessive form. The analysis is presented for English, then some data from Finnish are presented to suggest that the constraint is more universal than might be supposed. A brief bibliography is included. (MSE) *********************************************************************** * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made * * from the original document. *********************************************************************** -PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY

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