03703nam 2200805 450 991082885630332120230803204645.03-11-037358-03-11-035232-X10.1515/9783110352320(CKB)3710000000229240(EBL)1642737(SSID)ssj0001432420(PQKBManifestationID)11888172(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001432420(PQKBWorkID)11405905(PQKB)10437238(MiAaPQ)EBC1642737(DE-B1597)312247(OCoLC)890071066(OCoLC)900716917(OCoLC)999360250(DE-B1597)9783110352320(Au-PeEL)EBL1642737(CaPaEBR)ebr11010170(CaONFJC)MIL805828(EXLCZ)99371000000022924020150211h20142014 uy 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrDitransitives in British English dialects /Johanna GerwinBerlin, [Germany] ;Boston, [Massachusetts] :De Gruyter Mouton,2014.©20141 online resource (252 p.)Topics in English Linguistics,1434-3452 ;Volume 50.3Description based upon print version of record.3-11-035214-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 --IndexWhat 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.Topics in English linguistics ;Volume 50.3.Grammar, Comparative and generalVerbGrammar, Comparative and generalTransitivityGenerative grammarEnglish languageDialectsConstruction grammarPhrase structure grammar(Produktform)Hardback(Zielgruppe)Fachpublikum/ WissenschaftDialect Syntax; Dative Alternation; Regional/Register Variation; Language Change(VLB-WN)1561: Hardcover, Softcover / Allgemeine und Vergleichende SprachwissenschaftGrammar, Comparative and generalVerb.Grammar, Comparative and generalTransitivity.Generative grammar.English languageDialects.Construction grammar.Phrase structure grammar.415HF 297rvkGerwin Johanna1675189MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910828856303321Ditransitives in British English dialects4040479UNINA