John Benjamins Publishing Company
The history of present indicative morphosyntax from a northern perspective
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Julia Fernández Cuesta
Abstract
The following chapter is an account of the history of the extension of northern -s throughout the paradigm of the present indicative in northern Old and Middle English and its competition with supralocal -th from the fifteenth century onwards. It also analyses the development of the Northern Subject Rule from its origins in Old Northumbrian until its demise in contemporary Northern English. It further explores the differences between the Northern Subject Rule in Northern English and similar (and possibly) related syntactic patterns of agreement in other varieties of English.
Abstract
The following chapter is an account of the history of the extension of northern -s throughout the paradigm of the present indicative in northern Old and Middle English and its competition with supralocal -th from the fifteenth century onwards. It also analyses the development of the Northern Subject Rule from its origins in Old Northumbrian until its demise in contemporary Northern English. It further explores the differences between the Northern Subject Rule in Northern English and similar (and possibly) related syntactic patterns of agreement in other varieties of English.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Preface vii
- List of contributors ix
- The North of England and Northern English 1
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The North of England
- The enregisterment of Northern English 27
- The Great Vowel Shift in the North of England 51
- Morphosyntactic features of Northern English 71
- The history of present indicative morphosyntax from a northern perspective 99
- Northern English 131
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Locations within the North
- Tyneside 161
- Sunderland 183
- Carlisle and Cumbria 205
- Sheffield 227
- Middlesbrough 251
- Lancashire 271
- Manchester English 293
- Language attitudes and divergence on the Merseyside/Lancashire border 317
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The North
- Borders and boundaries in the North of England 345
- The East Midlands 369
- The West Midlands 393
- Between North and South: The Fenland 417
- The north above the North 437
- Non-native northern English 459
- Index 479
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Preface vii
- List of contributors ix
- The North of England and Northern English 1
-
The North of England
- The enregisterment of Northern English 27
- The Great Vowel Shift in the North of England 51
- Morphosyntactic features of Northern English 71
- The history of present indicative morphosyntax from a northern perspective 99
- Northern English 131
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Locations within the North
- Tyneside 161
- Sunderland 183
- Carlisle and Cumbria 205
- Sheffield 227
- Middlesbrough 251
- Lancashire 271
- Manchester English 293
- Language attitudes and divergence on the Merseyside/Lancashire border 317
-
The North
- Borders and boundaries in the North of England 345
- The East Midlands 369
- The West Midlands 393
- Between North and South: The Fenland 417
- The north above the North 437
- Non-native northern English 459
- Index 479
