Ditransitives in british english dialects
Auteur :
Gerwin, Johanna
Éditeur :
De Gruyter
ISBN :
9783110352146
Date de publication :
26 mai 2014
Dimensions :
23,0 x 15,5 cm
Poids :
493 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Allemagne
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.