Ditransitives in British English Dialects / / Johanna Gerwin.
What determines whether we say She gave him a book instead of She gave a book to him? The author views this ‘dative alternation’ as a sociolinguistic variable and explores its distribution across different British English dialects, registers and time frames. It thereby offers a novel, language-exter...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2014] ©2014 |
Year of Publication: | 2014 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] ,
50.3 |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (237 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The ditransitive construction: previous studies -- 3. Methodology: Defining the object(s) of study -- 4. Spoken style, written style – ditransitives in speech and in the written standard -- 5. Object patterns in dialects of English: a regional and historical analysis -- 6. "Give it me!" – Pronominal ditransitives in English dialects -- 7. Conclusion and outlook: ditransitives in British and American English dialects and beyond -- Appendix -- List of data bases -- Bibliography -- Permissions -- Index |
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Summary: | What determines whether we say She gave him a book instead of She gave a book to him? The author views this ‘dative alternation’ as a sociolinguistic variable and explores its distribution across different British English dialects, registers and time frames. It thereby offers a novel, language-external explanation of the choice of one construction over the other and sheds new light on British dialect syntax. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9783110352320 9783110238570 9783110238457 9783110636970 9783110742961 9783110369526 9783110370270 |
ISSN: | 1434-3452 ; |
DOI: | 10.1515/9783110352320 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Johanna Gerwin. |