Possessive Terminal Word

A Possessive Terminal Word rule is a Terminal Word that indicates Semantics of an Entity possessing some other Entity.

• AKA: Possessive, Possessive Word, Possessive Form, Genitive, Genitive Case, Possessive Case.
• Context:
  • It can be produced by the Possessivization Process (e.g. using a Morphological Inflection Rule).
  • It can be a:
    • Possessive Noun (with a Possessive Suffix).
    • Possessive Adjective, e.g. “My" and "his".
• Example(s):
  • “dog's” ← Possessive(DOG1/Noun)
  • Possessive(WOLF1/Noun) ⇒ “wolf's”).
  • Possessive(IT1/Pronoun) ⇒ “its”).
  • Possessive(I1)) ⇒ “my”).
  • Possessive(HE1/Pronoun) ⇒ “his”).
  • Possessive(MICHAEL1/Proper Noun) ⇒ “Michael's”).
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • [math]\displaystyle{ f }[/math](IT1/Pronoun + (IS1/Verb) ⇒ “it's”) is a Contraction Process.
• See: Plural, Noun Pluralization Rule.

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References

2009

• (WordNet, 2009) ⇒ http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=possessive%20case
  • S: (n) genitive, genitive case, possessive, possessive case (the case expressing ownership)

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