Negation in Non-Standard British English: Gaps, Regularizations and Asymmetries

ISBN-13: 9780415258746 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 248 str.

Lieselotte Anderwald; L. Anderwald;Anderwald Liese

Opis

Despite the advances of radio and television and increasing mobility and urbanization, spoken English is by no means becoming more like the written standard. English dialect grammar, however, is still a new and relatively undeveloped area of research, and most studies to date are either restricted regionally, or based on impressionistic statements. This book provides the first thorough empirical study of the field of non-standard negation across Great Britain.

Spis treści

1. Introduction2. Negation in Standard English3. Regional Variation4. Filling the Gaps?5. Negative Concord6. Ain't7. Third Person Singular Don't 8. Past Tense Be9. Conclusion

O autorze

Lieselotte Anderwald