Of-insertion
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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.
