Bailey, Laura R. (2019) Some characteristics of Southeast English preposition-dropping. Iberia: An international journal of theoretical linguistics, 10 . pp. 48-70. E-ISSN 1989-8525. (KAR id:71925)
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Abstract
Preposition-dropping is widespread in British English varieties, but the construction found in Southeast England differs from the descriptions of Northwest Englishes, patterning more closely with Greek and Romance varieties. The determiner is obligatorily absent, the argument must be a directional Goal, the verb must be semantically weak come or go, and the location must be familiar, anaphoric or a place name. These characteristics are explained if the noun undergoes N-to-D movement to gain a definite interpretation, requiring omission of the determiner and lack of modification, and the null directional preposition to conflates with v for licensing, removing the possibility of manner-of-motion verbs.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled keywords: | non-standard syntax, dialect, preposition, English, Kent, ellipsis |
Subjects: |
P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics P Language and Literature > PE English philology and language |
Divisions: | Divisions > Division of Arts and Humanities > School of Culture and Languages |
Depositing User: | Laura Bailey |
Date Deposited: | 25 Jan 2019 09:21 UTC |
Last Modified: | 09 Jan 2024 04:46 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/71925 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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