UID:
almafu_9960844220302883
Format:
1 online resource (74 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-009-09254-5
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1-009-09957-4
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1-009-08359-7
Series Statement:
Cambridge elements. Elements in world Englishes,
Content:
This Element uses data from the Springville Project to explore how the functions of the inherited forms invariant be (from English sources) and zero (from creolization) have transformed during the twentieth century. Originally just alternative present tense copula/auxiliary forms, both features developed into aspectual markers - invariant be to mark durativity/habituality and zero to mark nonstativity. The motivation for these innovations were both socio-cultural and linguistic. The Great Migration and its consequences provided a demographic and socio-cultural context within which linguistic innovations could develop and spread. The mismatch between form and function within the present tense copula/auxiliary system and the grammatical ambiguities that affected both invariant be and zero provided linguistic triggers for this reanalysis. When taken together, the evolution of these forms illustrates how restructured linguistic subsystems (and eventually new varieties) emerge out of the interplay between inheritance and innovation.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 21 Sep 2022).
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Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Inheritance and Innovation in the Evolution of Rural African American English -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 An Approach to Analyzing the AAE Copula/Auxiliary System -- 2.1 Springville as a Research Site -- 2.2 The Springville Corpus -- 2.3 Analysis of the Data -- 3 Invariant be -- 3.1 Invariant be in Earlier English and in Earlier AAE -- 3.2 The Development of Invariant be in Twentieth-Century AAE -- 4 Zero Copula/Auxiliary -- 4.1 Labov's Approach to Zero Copula/Auxiliary -- 4.2 Determining What to Count in the Analysis of Zero -- 4.3 How Many Envelopes of Variation? -- 4.4 A Revised Model for Zero -- 4.5 Developments in Zero during the Twentieth Century -- 5 The Interaction of Innovation with Inheritance in the Twentieth-Century AAE Copula/Auxiliary System -- 5.1 Triggers for the Changes in be[sub(2)] and Zero During the Twentieth Century -- 5.2 The Sociocultural Contexts for Change -- 6 Conclusion -- References.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781009087711
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009083591
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