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Grammar and Linguistics > Grammar map of the USA
Grammar map of the USA
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almaz
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Good to see this again, Lynne. My favourite is the Appalachian, "They ain �t no moonshiners here now. Ain �t nobody makes it." – a fine example of multiple subjects, negative inversion and negative concord (I �m resisting the temptation to add "Yeeehah!"). |
22 Aug 2015
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cunliffe
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@ Alex: Mmm, but no, you never resisted no temptation to say �Yeehah �. ;-) What I would like to know is whether anything similar has been done for UK speech and where I would find out? My favourite is kids (of Pakistani origin insofar as I know) who use �be �s � - I don �t know how you �d write it actually - , for a kind of constant present tense as in, �He be �s late, Miss, � meaning he is always late or �oh, he �s late again, of course �. I think they have a similar construction in Spanish to differentiate between a state and a one-off action. Interesting. |
22 Aug 2015
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ueslteacher
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Hi Lynne, Here �s something about the UK dialects but the focus is on phonetics.
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23 Aug 2015
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