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Ditransitives in British English Dialects - Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] Johanna Gerwin
Ditransitives in British English Dialects - Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL]
Johanna Gerwin
What determines whether we say She gave him a book instead of She gave a book to him? The author views this `dative alternation’ as a sociolinguistic variable and explores its distribution across different British English dialects, registers and time frames.
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | May 26, 2014 |
| ISBN13 | 9783110352146 |
| Publishers | De Gruyter |
| Pages | 251 |
| Dimensions | 150 × 220 × 20 mm · 493 g |
| Language | German |