The Morphology of English Dialects: Verb-Formation in Non-standard English - Brossura

Anderwald, Lieselotte

 
9781107407695: The Morphology of English Dialects: Verb-Formation in Non-standard English

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This book argues that, contrary to popular opinion, dialects do have a grammar, and that 'non standard' language often makes more sense.

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Descrizione del libro

Why do we insist on using words that are 'wrong'? In this engaging study, Lieselotte Anderwald argues that dialects, contrary to popular opinion, do have a grammar, and commonly used words that deviate from Standard English have a long pedigree and systematically make more sense.

Contenuti

1. Introduction; 2. Past tense theories; 3. Naturalness and the English past tense system; 4. Sellt and knowed: non-standard weak verbs; 5. Drunk, seen, done and eat: 2-part instead of 3-part paradigms; 6. Come and run: non-standard strong verbs with a 1-part paradigm; 7. Conclusion: supralocalization and morphological theories.

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ISBN 10:  0521884977 ISBN 13:  9780521884976
Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2009
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