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新 编 英 语 语 法 教 程 Lecture Five Genitive Case 外国语学院 邢殿普 Case is a grammatical category. It denotes the changes in the form of a noun or a pronoun showing its relationship with other words in a sentence. The genitive was traditionally labelled as the “possessive case”; however, in view of the fact that “possession” is just one of the meanings expressed by the genitive, we prefer to use the present name rather than the traditional term. 5.1 Formation, meaning and uses of genitive  nouns Browning’s poems , a poor peasant’s family the visitor’s arrival , her children’s toy the workers’ achievement the students’ dormitory the teachers’ reading-room the editor-in-chief’s office my brother-in-law’s friend a cat and dog’s life an hour and a half’s walk America’s and England’s problems(各自的问题) America and England’s problems(两国共同的问题) e) In the construction of “ noun phrase +appositive”, the genitive ending is added to the end of the appositive, or both to the end of the NP and to the appositive. Where is my classmate Nancy Lee’s bike? Tom has gone to Basel the bookseller’s shop. (or: Basel’s, the bookseller’s) f) In personal names ending in sibilant/z/, the genetive ending can either be ’s or an apostrophe only, but it can only be ’s when the personal names end in other sibilant sounds. /iz/ Dickens’ / Dickens’s novels Jones’ / Jones’s poems Marx’s doctrine Ross’s discoveries 2） Meanings of genitive nouns A）Possesive genitive (所有) China’s territory the Young Pioneer’s red scarf Mr. Smith’s passport B）Subjective genitive（主谓关系,其中的名词大多由动词转化而来） The younger generation’s education The enemy’s defeat The war prisoners’ release Remin Ribao’s editorials Pauline’s letter the girl’s story E） Descriptive genitive (类别) women’s magazines children’s stories a doctor’s degree a three days’ journey two months’ absence two or three minutes’ hunting an hour’s work 3）Uses of genitive nouns