New-dialect formation in Canada : evidence from the English modal auxiliaries /
This book details the development of eleven modal auxiliaries in late 18th- and 19th-century Canadian English in a framework of new-dialect formation. The study assesses features of the modal auxiliaries, tracing influences to British and American input varieties, parallel developments, or Canadian...
Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Pub.,
©2008.
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Collection: | Studies in language companion series ;
v. 97. |
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |