1 Introduction
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Daniel Duncan
Abstract
Sociosyntax is the intersection between generative syntax and variationist sociolinguistics. This introduction gives a brief overview of this field, beginning with background on the two core subfields. We then trace the history of the development of sociosyntax as a subfield of linguistics in its own right through an examination of how generative syntacticians have approached variation, as well as how variationist sociolinguists have approached syntax. We observe that in recent years these pursuits have come together under one umbrella. The chapters of this book illustrate this development in sociosyntactic theory, evidence, and approaches.
Abstract
Sociosyntax is the intersection between generative syntax and variationist sociolinguistics. This introduction gives a brief overview of this field, beginning with background on the two core subfields. We then trace the history of the development of sociosyntax as a subfield of linguistics in its own right through an examination of how generative syntacticians have approached variation, as well as how variationist sociolinguists have approached syntax. We observe that in recent years these pursuits have come together under one umbrella. The chapters of this book illustrate this development in sociosyntactic theory, evidence, and approaches.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
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Part 1: Sociosyntactic theory
- 1 Introduction 1
- 2 Sociosyntax and the weight of the linguistic within sociolinguistics 25
- 3 Spelling out grammatical variation 59
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Part 2: Sociosyntactic evidence
- 4 Comparative relativizers in American English: A puzzle from the margins of like 97
- 5 Variation and the English participle/preterite relation 125
- 6 Constructing syntactic dialect maps of American English 163
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Part 3: Sociosyntactic approaches
- 7 “People widnae understand that, wint they no?”: Negative anchor tag questions in northern British Englishes 193
- 8 A snapshot of the emerging because-X construction 227
- 9 Polish newcomers acquiring questions and questioning in a local dialect 257
- Index
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
-
Part 1: Sociosyntactic theory
- 1 Introduction 1
- 2 Sociosyntax and the weight of the linguistic within sociolinguistics 25
- 3 Spelling out grammatical variation 59
-
Part 2: Sociosyntactic evidence
- 4 Comparative relativizers in American English: A puzzle from the margins of like 97
- 5 Variation and the English participle/preterite relation 125
- 6 Constructing syntactic dialect maps of American English 163
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Part 3: Sociosyntactic approaches
- 7 “People widnae understand that, wint they no?”: Negative anchor tag questions in northern British Englishes 193
- 8 A snapshot of the emerging because-X construction 227
- 9 Polish newcomers acquiring questions and questioning in a local dialect 257
- Index
