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.
| ISBN: | 9783484304963 |
| Publication date: | 1st January 2005 |
| Author: | Lukas Pietsch |
| Publisher: | De Gruyter |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 226 pages |
| Series: | Linguistische Arbeiten |
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Language: reference and general Linguistics |
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.
Variable Grammars features in the following genres: Language: reference and general, Linguistics
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Variable Grammars was written by Lukas Pietsch and published by De Gruyter
Variable Grammars has 226 pages
Yes it is part of Linguistische Arbeiten series
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