Buch, Englisch, Band 50.3, 237 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 536 g
Buch, Englisch, Band 50.3, 237 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 536 g
Reihe: Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL]
ISBN: 978-3-11-035214-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
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.
Zielgruppe
People Interested in Regional Dialects, Students