Ditransitives in British English Dialects (Topics in English Linguistics) - Johanna Gerwin - Books - Mouton De Gruyter - 9783110352146 - May 26, 2014
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Ditransitives in British English Dialects (Topics in English Linguistics)

Johanna Gerwin

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Ditransitives in British English Dialects (Topics in English Linguistics)

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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Released May 26, 2014
ISBN13 9783110352146
Publishers Mouton De Gruyter
Pages 237
Dimensions 530 g
Language German