Genitive Case. Glossary of Linguistic Terms

Genitive Case

Definition note

Genitive case is a case in which the referent of the marked noun is the possessor of the referent of another noun.

Discussion

In some languages, genitive case may express an associative relation between the marked noun and another noun.

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