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Diversity and Diachrony
This volume contains a selection of papers originally presented at the 12th Conference on New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAVE), held in Montréal in 1983. It is divided into three sections: 1. Varieties of English and their history; 2. Change and variation in Romance; 3. Functions and discourse
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monografia Rebiun30066250 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun30066250 m o d cr un|---uuuuu 121013s1986 xx ob 001 0 eng d 86031707 760055176 1109054768 1110287110 1162035481 1227641607 1241964548 1290081078 1300508200 1303313912 1303406650 1283313987 9781283313988 9786613313980 661331398X 9027279438 9789027279439 DEBBG BV044158899 UPVA 997917111603706 UAM 991008028290604211 IDEBK eng pn IDEBK OCLCQ EBLCP OCLCQ MERUC ZCU ICG OCLCO OCLCF OCLCQ DKC AU@ OCLCQ UKAHL HS0 UWK OCL OCLCQ VLY OCLCQ QGK DST CF bicssc Diversity and Diachrony John Benjamins Publishing Company 1986 John Benjamins Publishing Company 1 online resource (444 pages) 1 online resource (444 pages) Text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory v. 53 Includes bibliographical references and index REFERENCESMORE EVIDENCE FOR MAJOR VOWEL CHANGEIN THE SOUTH; METHODOLOGY; RESULTS; BACK SHIFT; FRONT SHIFT; UPPER CLASS; CONCLUSIONS; SUMMARY; NOTES; REFERENCES; VARIATION AND THE STUDY OF English HISTORICAL SYNTAX; NOTES; REFERENCES; THE DEVELOPMENT OF PREVERBAL ONLY IN EARLY MODERN English; INTRODUCTION; THE DATA BASE; PREVERBAL POSITION OF ONLY; KNOCKOUT CONTEXTS; FEATURES PROMOTING PREVERBAL ONLY; FEATURE HIERARCHY; WHY PREVERBAL ONLY?; CONCLUSION; NOTES; TEXTS QUOTED; REFERENCES; ON THE USE OF THE MODAL AUXILIARIES CAN AND MAY IN EARLY AMERICAN English; 1. EARLY AMERICAN English; 2. TEXTS DIVERSITY AND DIACHRONY; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of Contents; Preface; CONTRIBUTORS; I. VARIETIES OF ENGLISH AND THEIR HISTORY; DE FACTO SEGREGATION OF BLACK AND WHITE VERNACULARS; 1. A SEGREGATED CITY; 2. THE BLACK ENGLISH VERNACULAR IN PHILADELPHIA; 3. SOCIAL NETWORKS AND SOCIAL HISTORIES; 3.1. THE THIRD SINGULAR /S/; 3.2. THE POSSESSIVE /S/; 4. THE GRAMMATICAL RE-INTERPRETATION OF S; 5. DIFFERENTIATION IN THE SOUND PATTERN; 6. WHAT IS HAPPENING AND WHY; NOTES; REFERENCES; THE USE OF THE VERBAL -S INFLECTIONIN BEV; REFERENCES 3. MODAL AUXILIARIES IN EARLY AMERICAN ENGLISH3.1. INTRODUCTION; 3.2. METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS; 3.3 RESULTS OF THE ANALYSIS; NOTES; TEXTS USED; REFERENCES; IS THERE AN ADVERBIAL IN THIS TEXT? (AND IF SO, WHAT IS IT DOING THERE?); 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. RESULTS; 2.1. THE FREQUENCY OF ADVERBIALS; 2.2. THE OCCURRENCE OF SEMANTIC AND STRUCTURAL TYPES OF ADJUNCTS; 3. CONCLUSIONS AND PROSPECTS; NOTES; REFERENCES; SYNTACTIC DEVELOPMENT AFTER CHILDHOOD: BEYOND THE VERNACULAR?; 1. ORIENTATION; 2. COMPLEX SYNTAX AND PROBLEMS IN THE ANALYSIS OF SPEECH 3. QUALITATIVE ASPECTS OF LATE EMERGING COMPLEX SYNTAX4. QUANTITATIVE ASPECTS; 5. DISCUSSION; NOTES; REFERENCES; II. CHANGE AND VARIATION IN ROMANCE; GOING THROUGH (L) IN CANADIAN FRENCH; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. HISTO RICAL OVERVIEW OF (l)-DELETION; 3. PREVIOUS STUDIES OF (l)-DELETION; 4. DATA AND METHODS; 5. RESULTS; 5.1. SUBJECT CLITICS; 5.2 OBJECT PRONOUNS; 5.3 ARTICLES; 5.4 THE SOCIAL CONDITIONING OF (L)-DELETION; 6. ONE RULE, TWO OR THREE; 7. DISCUSSION; NOTES; REFERENCES; /S/ DELETION AND PRONOUN USAGE IN PUERTO RICAN SPANISH; I. INTRODUCTION; II. METHODOLOGY; III. MAIN RESULTS This volume contains a selection of papers originally presented at the 12th Conference on New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAVE), held in Montréal in 1983. It is divided into three sections: 1. Varieties of English and their history; 2. Change and variation in Romance; 3. Functions and discourse English Language and languages- Variation- Congresses Language and languages- Variation. Variation (Linguistique)- Congrès Electronic books Conference papers and proceedings. Sankoff, David 9027235473 Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV Current issues in linguistic theory