Format:
Online-Ressource (X, 371 S.)
ISBN:
9783110197518
Series Statement:
Topics in English Linguistics 50,1
Content:
Biographical note: Bernd Kortmann is Professor of English Linguistics at Freiburg University, Germany. Tanja Herrmann, Lukas Pietsch and Susanne Wagner received their Ph.D. at Freiburg University, Germany.
Content:
This volume offers qualitative as well as corpus-based quantitative studies on grammatical variation in the British Isles written from a typological perspective. All studies make use of the Freiburg English Dialect Corpus (FRED), a computerized corpus for predominantly British English dialects. Systematic comparative analyses of the following three domains of grammar form the backbone of the volume: relativization strategies in Scottish English, Northern Irish English, and in four major dialect areas in England (Herrmann), the so-called Northern Subject Rule, a special agreement phenomenon known from Northern England, Scotland and Northern Ireland (Pietsch), and pronominal gender, with a special focus on the typologically rather unique semantic gender system in the dialects of Southwest England (Wagner). This volume will be of interest to dialectologists, sociolinguists, typologists, historical linguists, grammarians, and anyone interested in the structure of spontaneous spoken English. Key Features It is the first book of its kind. It is rare already in its focus on the morphology and syntax of dialects. It is unique in its general orientation and data base. The volume is bound to have a major impact on English dialectology and the study of the grammar of English.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
In English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 3110182998
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110182996
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110197518
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als print ISBN 9783110182996
Language:
English
Subjects:
English Studies
Keywords:
Großbritannien
;
Englisch
;
Mundart
;
Grammatik
;
Englisch
;
Mundart
;
Syntaktische Kongruenz
;
Kontrastive Grammatik
;
Genus
;
Relativsatz
DOI:
10.1515/9783110197518
URL:
Volltext
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Author information:
Kortmann, Bernd 1960-
