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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      July 2009
      April 2009
      ISBN:
      9780511576539
      9780521884976
      9781107407695
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511576539
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.52kg, 240 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.33kg, 240 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Morphology, English Language and Linguistics: General Interest, Language and Linguistics
      Series:
      Studies in English Language
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    Subjects:
    Morphology, English Language and Linguistics: General Interest, Language and Linguistics
    Series:
    Studies in English Language
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    Where do dialects differ from Standard English, and why are they so remarkably resilient? This study argues that commonly used verbs that deviate from Standard English for the most part have a long pedigree. Analysing the language use of over 120 dialect speakers, Lieselotte Anderwald demonstrates that not only are speakers justified historically in using these verbs, systematically these non-standard forms actually make more sense. By constituting a simpler system, they are generally more economical than their Standard English counterparts. Drawing on data collected from the Freiburg English Dialect Corpus (FRED), this innovative and engaging study will be of great interest to students and researchers of English language and linguistics, morphology and syntax.

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