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1 online resource (328 pages) |
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Preface; Acknowledgements; General introduction; 1. Dialect syntax; 2. Dialectology and corpus linguistics; 3. The Freiburg Corpus of English Dialects; 4. Aims and Outline; Notes; References; Possession and obligation; 1. Introduction; 2. Possession and obligation; 3. Grammaticalization; 4. HAD and GOT: Disambiguating past possession and past obligation; 5. Past possession and past obligation in the Midlands and the North; 6. Past possession and negation; 7. Past obligation and negation; 8. Present tense obligation and the trend towards monosemy; 9. Summary; References; Personal pronouns. |
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1. Introduction2. Two hierarchies; 3. Variation in number and person; 4. Variation in gender; 5. Pronoun exchange; 6. Case variation in prepositional phrases; 7. Qualified pronouns; 8. Synopsis and discussion; Appendix; Notes; References; Complement clauses; 1. Introduction; 2. Data and methods; 3. Embedded inversion; 4. The complementizer as; 5. For to clauses; 6. Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; References; Index. |
| Summary |
This is the second volume of the multi-volume set A Contemporary Grammar of British English Dialects. The book again offers qualitative as well as corpus-based quantitative studies on grammatical variation in the British Isles. The three parts investigate complement clauses (Daniela Kolbe), personal pronouns (Nuria Hernández) and modals (Monika Edith Schulz). The volume is of interest to dialectologists, sociolinguists, typologists, historical linguists, grammarians, and anyone working on the structure of spontaneous spoken English. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
English language -- Dialects -- Great Britain.
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English language -- Dialects. |
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Great Britain. |
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English language -- Great Britain -- Grammar.
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English language. |
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Grammar, Comparative and general. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Kolbe, Daniela.
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Schulz, Monika Edith.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hernández, Nuria. Modals, Pronouns and Complement Clauses. Berlin : De Gruyter Mouton, ©2011 9783110240283 |
| ISBN |
9783110240290 (electronic book) |
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3110240297 (electronic book) |
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