PSEUDO-PARTITIVE NOMINAL GROUPS OF THE TYPE eine Art+Adj+N IN THE GERMAN LITERARY LANGUAGE OF THE XVII-XX CENTURIES

Abstract

This work focuses on the historical development of pseudo-partitive nominal groups of the type eine Art+Adj+N in the German prosaic texts of the XV11-XX centuries. Nominal groups of the type eine Art+N without an attribute before the second component in contemporary German language do not allow one to determine the case of the second noun and the form of subordination. The attribute before the second component allows us in the majority of cases to determine the case of the second noun and the type of subordination. The problem lies in the fact that nominal groups of the type eine Art+Adj+N are arranged by different methods, mainly by means of genitive: eine Art neuer Volkspartei, or prepositional government : eine Art von neuer Volkspartei, or agreement: eine Art neue Volkspartei. The selection of the form of subordination is determined in some cases by the grammatical indices of the components of a nominal group. The study has showed that the nominal groups with the components in the plural are almost completely blocked for agreement. In the XX-century texts nouns in singular are equally represented with constructions with the genitive case and agreement. In case of feminine nouns preference is given to constructions with genitiv. The article considers the historical development of the grammatical shaping of constructions. Comparing the quantitative correlation of subordination types from the XV11 century up to now, we can come to the conclusion that agreement construction gradually displaces genitive and prepositional constructions.