Variable Grammars: Verbal Agreement in Northern Dialects of English Verbal Agreement in Northern Dialects of English
| Author/creator | Pietsch, Lukas Author |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | 72074 Tubingen : Verlag Max Niemeyer |
| Description | IX, 217 p. ill 23.000 x 015.500 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Series | Linguistische Arbeiten Ser. 496 |
| Summary | Annotation One of the conspicuous characteristics of the northern dialects of Britain and Ireland is variation in verbal agreement, especially the use of plural verbal -s. Once a mark of a consistent, categorical grammatical system in the traditional dialects of the area, today verbal -s appears in highly complex, hybrid variation patterns in the modern vernaculars. This corpus-based study explores continuities and discontinuities between the dialects involved, and discusses the implications of such hybrid variable sytems for a usage-based theory of grammatical competence. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9783484304963 |
| ISBN | 3484304960 (Trade Cloth) Active Record |
| Standard identifier# | 9783484304963 |
| Stock number | 00044714 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |