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

Anderwald, Lieselotte

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ISBN 10: 1107407699 ISBN 13: 9781107407695

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2012

Riassunto

Where do dialects differ from Standard English, and why are they so remarkably resilient? This study argues that commonly used verbs that deviate from Standard English for the most part have a long pedigree. Analysing the language use of over 120 dialect speakers, Lieselotte Anderwald demonstrates that not only are speakers justified historically in using these verbs, systematically these non-standard forms actually make more sense. By constituting a simpler system, they are generally more economical than their Standard English counterparts. Drawing on data collected from the Freiburg English Dialect Corpus (FRED), this innovative and engaging study will be of great interest to students and researchers of English language and linguistics, morphology and syntax.

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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.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1107407699
• ISBN 13: 9781107407695
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 240