Diffusion, Levelling, Simplification, and Reallocation in Past Tense BE in the English Fens.

Britain, David

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ERIC Number: EJ641198

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Publication Date: 2002

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Diffusion, Levelling, Simplification, and Reallocation in Past Tense BE in the English Fens.

Britain, David

Journal of Sociolinguistics, v6 n1 p16-43 Feb 2002

Reports an apparent time survey of the Fenland dialect of Eastern England that provides an example of a range of dialect contact processes reconfiguring variable patterns of past tense "be." (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Variation, Tenses (Grammar), Verbs

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England)

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