Ditransitives in British English Dialects / / Johanna Gerwin.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
• VerfasserIn: Gerwin, Johanna,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2014]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] , 50.3
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (237 p.)
• 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
• 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.

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.