Linguistic Perspectives on a Variable English Morpheme Let's talk about -s /

This book investigates -s marking in English verbs, specifically its manifestations in main verbs, in the past tense of BE, and in existential constructions. It embraces the many ways in which -s marking varies across the English speaking world, and considers both how it arose in these places histor...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Rupp, Laura (Author), Britain, David (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: e-Book
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
Edition:1st ed. 2019.
Subjects:
Sociolinguistics.
Online Access:Full-text access
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1: Verbal -s
  • Chapter 2: Verbal Zero
  • Chapter 3: Past BE
  • Chapter 4: Verbal -s in Existential there sentences
  • Conclusion.

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