Descriptor
| Foreign Countries | 2 |
| Language Patterns | 2 |
| Diachronic Linguistics | 1 |
| Discourse Analysis | 1 |
| English | 1 |
| Grammar | 1 |
| Grammatical Acceptability | 1 |
| Irish | 1 |
| Language Research | 1 |
| Language Usage | 1 |
| Linguistic Borrowing | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
| Second Language Research | 1 |
Author
| McCafferty, Kevin | 1 |
| Odlin, Terence | 1 |
Publication Type
| Information Analyses | 2 |
| Journal Articles | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
| Ireland | 2 |
| India | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewedOdlin, Terence – Second Language Research, 1992
The applicability of transferability principles to language contact in the British Isles, especially Ireland, is shown with a detailed discussion of absolute constructions, structures with interesting relations between syntax and discourse, and with susceptibility to cross-linguistic influence. Evidence for transferability of absolutes in…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, English, Foreign Countries, Language Patterns
Download full textMcCafferty, Kevin – 2002
This paper examines the written use of the "be after V-ing" construction since the reintroduction of English into Ireland. Information comes from publications beginning in 1670, including 193 works by 87 authors providing 1,316 tokens of the construction. Results support Filppula's (1999) view of historical change in the use of this…
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, Foreign Countries, Grammar, Grammatical Acceptability
