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Download full textRhys, Catrin Sian – York Papers in Linguistics, 1996
Much earlier controversy surrounding the Chinese "ba" construction stems from dissention over whether or not "ba" has any independent semantic content. "Ba" was assumed either to be a purely formal particle whose function was to assign case, or to have semantic content translating into thematic content. However, under the hypothesis that abstract…
Descriptors: Chinese, Foreign Countries, Language Patterns, Language Research
Pintzuk, Susan – York Papers in Linguistics, 1996
An alternative account of the Old English verb-complement word order and the change from OV to VO is offered, based on an analysis of 16 Old English texts. Evidence is provided that the change does not involve abrupt reanalysis but rather synchronic competition between two grammars, beginning in the Old English period and continuing into Middle…
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, Foreign Countries, Grammar, Influences
Tagliamonte, Sali – York Papers in Linguistics, 1996
An analysis of perfect verb forms in African American Vernacular English (AAVE) looks at the distribution of forms by semantic function and co-occurrence patterns in Samana English and ex-slave recordings. Results suggest that despite the overall rarity of this category in the general realm of past time, the most frequent forms used to mark it…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Contrastive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics, English
