Genitive definitions in the chronicle of Worms (XVI century)

The article is devoted to the essential issue of historical stylistics German development "nominal" or "substantive" style in Early Upper period (XIV-XVII centuries). research was based on chronicle Worms (XVI century) that represents one most popular genres period. purpose analyze topology and frequency various types genitive definitions a noun text. We distributed nuclear nouns into seven semantic groups with total number examples about 160.
 results obtained allow making following conclusions. prepositive prevails only Nomina agentis relational names. connection between semantics hard trace. Thus, genitives subject, object possessive are pre- postposition almost equally, some preponderance latter. Genitivus definitivus partitivus tend postposition. With regards parameters under consideration, corresponds general tendency XVI century, is, move