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ERIC Number: EJ643263
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0954-3945
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Why "Worser" Is Better: The Double Comparative in 16th- to 17th-Century English.
Schluter, Julia
Language Variation and Change, v13 n2 p193-208 2001
Investigates the redundantly marked comparative "worser" in relation to its irregular, but etymologically justified, counterpart, "worse." Examines the diachronic development of the form as well as its distribution in the written language of the 16th and 17th centuries. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics, English, Language Variation, Linguistic Theory, Phonology, Stress (Phonology), Written Language
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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