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Ditransitives in British English Dialects (Topics in English Linguistics)
Johanna Gerwin
Ditransitives in British English Dialects (Topics in English Linguistics)
Johanna Gerwin
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.
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | May 26, 2014 |
ISBN13 | 9783110352146 |
Publishers | Mouton De Gruyter |
Pages | 237 |
Dimensions | 530 g |
Language | German |
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