Ditransitives in British English Dialects
| Author | : Johanna Gerwin |
| Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
| Total Pages | : 199 |
| Release | : 2014-09-23 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9783110373585 |
| ISBN-10 | : 3110373580 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (80 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Ditransitives in British English Dialects by : Johanna Gerwin
Download or read book Ditransitives in British English Dialects written by Johanna Gerwin and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2014-09-23 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
