This paper deals with variation in agreement systems in English dialects. We will argue that a usage-based constructionist approach offers a compelling explanation why certain theoretically possible agreement systems noted in previous resarch are not attested. Our corpus study attempts to apply insights of usage-based constructionist models to the study of pronoun – past BE combinations in several British dialects, investigating frequency distributions for was- and were-generalization for different pronouns. The regular distributions patterns observed can be easily accounted for within a usage-based framework. But even the occasional (from a usage-based view) unexpected frequency distributions seem to lend themselves to a constructionist ac...
Recent and forthcoming Freiburg-based dialectometrical research investigates aggregate morphosyntact...
This study reports a diachronic corpus investigation of common-number pronouns used to convey unknow...
The goal of this thesis is to develop a model of sociolinguistic variation that takes into account ...
The British National Corpora are two large corpora of British English representing the 1990s and 201...
This book investigates –s marking in English verbs, specifically its manifestations in main verbs, i...
This thesis concerns agreement with collective nouns in American, British and Australian English. It...
We report on an ongoing project that applies the Probabilistic Grammar framework (e.g. Bresnan 2007)...
In this paper I demonstrate how actively changing linguistic features can provide valuable evidence ...
This paper examines documents and recordings from the past 100 years to analyse the factors that aff...
Variation within grammars is a reflection of variation between grammars.2 Subject agreement and synt...
Was/were variation 2 Was/were variation: a perspective from London We present a systematic analysis ...
The basic purpose of this study is to describe agreement with collective nouns in American, British,...
This paper presents the results of a corpus-based variationist analysis of have, have got and got in...
In former British colonies, English has adjusted to a new sociocultural environment to give rise to ...
Past studies of the variable (ING) have demonstrated regular and stable social and stylistic conditi...
Recent and forthcoming Freiburg-based dialectometrical research investigates aggregate morphosyntact...
This study reports a diachronic corpus investigation of common-number pronouns used to convey unknow...
The goal of this thesis is to develop a model of sociolinguistic variation that takes into account ...
The British National Corpora are two large corpora of British English representing the 1990s and 201...
This book investigates –s marking in English verbs, specifically its manifestations in main verbs, i...
This thesis concerns agreement with collective nouns in American, British and Australian English. It...
We report on an ongoing project that applies the Probabilistic Grammar framework (e.g. Bresnan 2007)...
In this paper I demonstrate how actively changing linguistic features can provide valuable evidence ...
This paper examines documents and recordings from the past 100 years to analyse the factors that aff...
Variation within grammars is a reflection of variation between grammars.2 Subject agreement and synt...
Was/were variation 2 Was/were variation: a perspective from London We present a systematic analysis ...
The basic purpose of this study is to describe agreement with collective nouns in American, British,...
This paper presents the results of a corpus-based variationist analysis of have, have got and got in...
In former British colonies, English has adjusted to a new sociocultural environment to give rise to ...
Past studies of the variable (ING) have demonstrated regular and stable social and stylistic conditi...
Recent and forthcoming Freiburg-based dialectometrical research investigates aggregate morphosyntact...
This study reports a diachronic corpus investigation of common-number pronouns used to convey unknow...
The goal of this thesis is to develop a model of sociolinguistic variation that takes into account ...