Everyone Wants In : Want + Prepositional Adverb in the Midland and Beyond  

Oleh:

Benson, Erica J.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of English Linguistics (Full Text) vol. 37 no. 1 (Mar. 2009), page 28-60.
Topik: want + prepositional adverb; U.S. Midland; dialectology; stylistic variation; acceptability judgments; morpho-syntactic features; change from below
Fulltext: Vol 37, no 1, page 28-60.pdf (481.04KB)

Isi artikel

The regional, social, and stylistic distributions of want + prepositional adverb (e.g., I can move if you want by) are poorly understood in spite of a long history of documentation and the inclusion of one form—want off—in major dialectology projects. This article investigates the acceptability of a range of forms of want + prepositional adverb in the United States and finds a wider than expected regional distribution, differences in the acceptability of different forms, and in the dialect area that boasts the greatest concentration of use—the Midland—little variation across social variables yet greater variation across styles. The author argues that the findings support the use of acceptability judgments in the study of morpho-syntactic features; indicate change from below in progress with the spread of want + prepositional adverb from the Midland; give additional evidence for an independent Midland dialect area; and call into question current assumptions about the relationship between social and stylistic variation.

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