Ditransitives in British English Dialects
(Book #50.3 in the Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] Series)
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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.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:3110352141
ISBN13:9783110352146
Release Date:May 2014
Publisher:de Gruyter Mouton
Length:251 Pages
Weight:1.17 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"
Grade Range:Postsecondary
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