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A comparative grammar of British English dialects : modals, pronouns and complement clauses / by Nuria Hernández, Daniela Kolbe, Monika Edith Schulz.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hernández, Nuria.
- Series:
- Topics in English linguistics ; 50.2.
- Topics in English linguistics, 1434-3452 ; 50.2
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Dialects--Great Britain.
- English language.
- English language--Great Britain--Grammar.
- English language--Modality.
- English language--Pronoun.
- English language--Clauses.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (328 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin ; Boston : Walter de Gruyter, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This is the second volume of the multi-volume set A Contemporary Grammar of British English Dialects. The book again offers qualitative as well as corpus-based quantitative studies on grammatical variation in the British Isles. The three parts investigate complement clauses (Daniela Kolbe), personal pronouns (Nuria Hernández) and modals (Monika Edith Schulz). The volume is of interest to dialectologists, sociolinguists, typologists, historical linguists, grammarians, and anyone working on the structure of spontaneous spoken English.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Preface / Siebold, Nuria Hernández y / Kolbe-Hanna, Daniela / Schulz, Monika Edith
- Acknowledgements
- Table of contents
- General introduction / Hernández, Nuria / Kolbe, Daniela / Schulz, Monika Edith
- Possession and obligation / Schulz, Monika Edith
- Personal pronouns / Hernández, Nuria
- Complement clauses / Kolbe, Daniela
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 3-11-024029-7
- OCLC:
- 772845137
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