Dialectal Syntax: Plurals and Modals in Southern American.

Whitley, M. Stanley

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Publication Date: 1975

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Dialectal Syntax: Plurals and Modals in Southern American

Whitley, M. Stanley

Linguistics, 161, 89-108, Oct 75

A generative theory of language and dialect is described. Selected features of Southern American morphosyntax, and their relationship to the phrase structure rules of other American English systems, are investigated. Southern and other systems can be classified on structural criteria as dialects of one language. (SCC)

Descriptors: Generative Grammar, Language Variation, Morphology (Languages), Phrase Structure, Plurals, Regional Dialects, Syntax, Transformational Generative Grammar

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