Belfast English and Standard English : Dialect Variation and Parameter Setting.
The study of comparative syntax in closely related languages has yielded valuable insights into syntactic phenomena-for example in the study of the Romance languages-yet little comparative work has been done on English dialects. This is the first comparison of the syntax of Belfast English and Stand...
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Oxford University Press,
1995
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| Series: | Oxford studies in comparative syntax.
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction; 2. Subject-Verb Agreement; 3. Overt-Subject Imperatives; 4. For-To Infinitives; 5. Inversion in Embedded Questions; 6. Subject Contact Relatives; 7. Conclusion; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.
