The expansion of possessives as genitive forms of personal pronouns Authors Xavier Rull i Muruzàbal Universitat Rovira i Virgili Keywords: genitive case, possessive, personal pronouns Abstract Locative expressions like darrere meu, sota seu, damunt nostre, etc., appear in Catalan grammars and dictionaries. However, Catalan expressions like típic seu, enmig seu, via seu and abans seu, among others, are increasingly common. This can be considered an expansion of the use of possessive words as genitive forms of personal pronouns. This paper reports on this phenomenon.Key Words: genitive case, possessive, personal pronouns Downloads Download data is not yet available. Downloads PDF (Català) Issue No. 30 (2020) Section Studies and Editions License L&L: Llengua & Literatura is published under the Creative Commons licence system in the “Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivatives 3.0 Spain” license scheme, the complete text of which is available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/deed.ca. Therefore, the public at large is authorised to reproduce, distribute and share its content as long as the author and publisher are acknowledge and it is not used for commercial use or derivative works.This means that when an author submits their work for publication, they are explicitly agreeing to forfeit their editing and publishing rights.L&L provides free and immediate access to its contents (with the versions of the articles submitted that have been positively evaluated and, if needed, amended) through its URL (http://revistes.iec.cat/index.php/LLiL) before they are published on paper, based on the principle that making research available to citizens free of charge fosters the global exchange of knowledge.
