Lieselotte Anderwald

The Morphology of English Dialects

Verb-Formation in Non-Standard English

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Juni 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 354g
• ISBN-13: 9781107407695
• ISBN-10: 1107407699
• Artikelnr.: 36198077

Inhaltsangabe

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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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.