Re: YAEDT? Syntax in dialects of English (was: Of accents & dialects (was: Azurian phonology)
| From: | Larry Sulky <larrysulky@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, October 24, 2008, 23:08 |
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On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 4:04 PM, Eldin Raigmore <eldin_raigmore@...>wrote:
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> Can anyone tell us what some of these major differences in syntax are, and
> which dialects have them, and where they're spoken?
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I can offer a little example of a syntactic difference. In Canadian English,
"to be done" and "to be finished" do not require (and seldom use) the
preposition "with" to mark what is done or finished. So you will hear "I'm
done my dinner" or "Are you finished your homework?". In the USA, these
would be improper constructions.
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> Especially those spoken within the kingdom of England itself.
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Sorry.
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> And, why those differences in syntax count as "major"?
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> Can't claim this one does.
---larry
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