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Gerwin Johanna |
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Titolo |
Ditransitives in British English dialects / / Johanna Gerwin |
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Berlin, [Germany] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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ISBN |
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3-11-037358-0 |
3-11-035232-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (252 p.) |
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Collana |
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Topics in English Linguistics, , 1434-3452 ; ; Volume 50.3 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Grammar, Comparative and general - Verb |
Grammar, Comparative and general - Transitivity |
Generative grammar |
English language - Dialects |
Construction grammar |
Phrase structure grammar |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- 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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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