There's No Tense Like the Present: Verbal -s Inflection in Early Black English.
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| author | Poplack, Shana Tagliamonte, Sali |
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| contents | There's No Tense Like the Present: Verbal -s Inflection in Early Black English. Poplack, Shana Tagliamonte, Sali Black Dialects Comparative Analysis Diachronic Linguistics English Foreign Countries Language Research Linguistic Theory Phonology Tenses (Grammar) Verbs The behavior of verbal "-s" is examined in two data sets on early Black English as represented by: (1) tape-recorded interviews with native English-speaking residents of a region of the Dominican Republic; and (2) the ex-slave recordings housed in the Library of Congress. Each verbal construction with the potential for variable "-s" marking was extracted. The phonological, morphological, syntactic, and discourse factors affecting occurrence were analyzed. Results suggest that a number of factors condition the occurrence of "-s," while other reported effects appear not to be operative at all. It is concluded that the verbal "-s" formed an integral part of early Black English grammar, and does not occur as a hypercorrect intrusion. The process was variable, not random, and may have reflected synchronic variability in the input language at the time of acquisition. A 68-item bibliography is included. (MSE) |
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| spellingShingle | There's No Tense Like the Present: Verbal -s Inflection in Early Black English. Poplack, Shana Tagliamonte, Sali Black Dialects Comparative Analysis Diachronic Linguistics English Foreign Countries Language Research Linguistic Theory Phonology Tenses (Grammar) Verbs There's No Tense Like the Present: Verbal -s Inflection in Early Black English. Poplack, Shana Tagliamonte, Sali Black Dialects Comparative Analysis Diachronic Linguistics English Foreign Countries Language Research Linguistic Theory Phonology Tenses (Grammar) Verbs The behavior of verbal "-s" is examined in two data sets on early Black English as represented by: (1) tape-recorded interviews with native English-speaking residents of a region of the Dominican Republic; and (2) the ex-slave recordings housed in the Library of Congress. Each verbal construction with the potential for variable "-s" marking was extracted. The phonological, morphological, syntactic, and discourse factors affecting occurrence were analyzed. Results suggest that a number of factors condition the occurrence of "-s," while other reported effects appear not to be operative at all. It is concluded that the verbal "-s" formed an integral part of early Black English grammar, and does not occur as a hypercorrect intrusion. The process was variable, not random, and may have reflected synchronic variability in the input language at the time of acquisition. A 68-item bibliography is included. (MSE) |
| title | There's No Tense Like the Present: Verbal -s Inflection in Early Black English. |
| topic | Black Dialects Comparative Analysis Diachronic Linguistics English Foreign Countries Language Research Linguistic Theory Phonology Tenses (Grammar) Verbs |
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