Belfast English and Standard English Dialect Variation and Parameter Setting |
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| Author:
| Henry, Alison |
| Series title: | Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-508291-3 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 1995 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $240.00 |
Book Description:
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Using the Principles and Parameters framework, Henry analyses various syntactic constructions in Belfast English, and compares them with their Standard English counterparts to gain insight into both English syntax and general syntactic theory. The study will also make linguistic data on Belfast English readily available for the first time.
Using the Principles and Parameters framework, Henry analyses various syntactic constructions in Belfast English, and compares them with their Standard English counterparts to gain insight into both English syntax and general syntactic theory. The study will also make linguistic data on Belfast English readily available for the first time.