Of-insertion

Of-insertion is the insertion of the preposition of in order to case-mark a NP object of a noun:

(i) [NP the destruction of [NP the city]]

The case assigned by the preposition of is generally referred to as oblique case.

Links

Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics

References

• Chomsky, N. 1986a. Knowledge of language: its nature, origin and use, Praeger, New York.
• Chomsky, N. 1981. Lectures on Government and Binding, Foris, Dordrecht.