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The morphology of English dialects : verb formation in non-standard English /
Where do dialects differ from Standard English, and why are they so remarkably resilient? This study argues that commonly used verbs that deviate from Standard English for the most part have a long pedigree. Analysing the language use of over 120 dialect speakers, Lieselotte Anderwald demonstrates t...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2009.
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| Colección: | Studies in English language.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Where do dialects differ from Standard English, and why are they so remarkably resilient? This study argues that commonly used verbs that deviate from Standard English for the most part have a long pedigree. Analysing the language use of over 120 dialect speakers, Lieselotte Anderwald demonstrates that not only are speakers justified historically in using these verbs, systematically these non-standard forms actually make more sense. By constituting a simpler system, they are generally more economical than their Standard English counterparts. Drawing on data collected from the Freiburg English Dialect Corpus (FRED), this innovative and engaging study will be of great interest to students and researchers of English language and linguistics, morphology and syntax. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xviii, 221 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-215) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780511517938 0511517939 9780511515460 0511515464 9780511576539 0511576536 9781107407695 1107407699 1107200431 9781107200432 9786612103889 6612103884 0511514395 9780511514395 0511516746 9780511516740 |