04049nam 2200649 a 450 991046375310332120200520144314.03-11-094455-310.1515/9783110944556(CKB)3360000000338614(OCoLC)847520119(CaPaEBR)ebrary10591740(SSID)ssj0000751741(PQKBManifestationID)12352482(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000751741(PQKBWorkID)10771332(PQKB)10271429(MiAaPQ)EBC3041259(DE-B1597)45717(OCoLC)979641870(DE-B1597)9783110944556(Au-PeEL)EBL3041259(CaPaEBR)ebr10591740(OCoLC)922944155(EXLCZ)99336000000033861420130213d2005 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrVariable grammars[electronic resource] verbal agreement in northern dialects of English /Lukas PietschTübingen Max Niemeyer Verlag20051 online resource (232 p.)Linguistische Arbeiten,0344-6727 ;496Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph3-484-30496-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --List of maps. List of figures. List of tables --List of abbreviations --Acknowledgments /Pietsch, Lukas --1. Introduction --2. Theoretical accounts of verbal agreement variation --3. History and origins of the NSR --4. Verbal agreement in the SED --5. Verbal agreement in the NITCS --6. Verbal agreement in FRED --7. Conclusions --Appendixes --IndexThe northern dialects of Britain and Ireland have verbal agreement patterns that differ radically from those of Standard English: the children is singing vs. they are singing vs. they sing and dances. This so-called 'Northern Subject Rule' (agreement with adjacent personal pronoun subjects, but invariable verbal -s everywhere else), attested since the time of Middle English, was once a consistent, categorical grammatical system in the older dialects. It continues in the modern vernaculars in the form of complex variable systems, amalgamated from traditional dialectal patterns, Standard English forms, as well as modern supra-regional vernacular influences. This study explores the variable use of verbal agreement forms in Scotland, northern England and Ulster, based on data ranging from the mid-20th century »Survey of English Dialects« up to dialect recordings of the 1990's. In analysing continuities and discontinuities between the different dialects involved, it also raises questions of a theoretical nature: what are the implications of these hybrid, variable systems for a usage-based theory of grammatical competence? Die Verbkongruenz in den nördlichen britischen Dialekten weicht auffällig vom Standardenglischen ab. Doch was in älteren Formen dieser Dialekte ein in sich geschlossenes System mit kategorischer Geltung war, tritt in modernen Varietäten stets variabel und in einer Vielfalt von Mischformen auf. Die Arbeit untersucht anhand von Korpora Kontinuitäten und Unterschiede zwischen den Dialekten dieser Region und diskutiert die Bedeutung solcher hybrider, variabler Systeme für eine Theorie der grammatischen Variation.Linguistische Arbeiten (Max Niemeyer Verlag) ;496.English languageAgreementEnglish languageDialectsEnglish languageGrammarElectronic books.English languageAgreement.English languageDialects.English languageGrammar.427Pietsch Lukas948067MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463753103321Variable grammars2448920UNINA