Re: USAGE: NATLANG: I've Gots An English Question
| From: | Ted E. Saratoga <tedetedet@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, June 23, 2003, 1:30 |
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--- On Sun 06/22, Tim May < butsuri@BUTSURI.FREESERVE.CO.UK > wrote:
From: Tim May [mailto: butsuri@BUTSURI.FREESERVE.CO.UK]
To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 02:12:40 +0100
Subject: Re: NATLANG: I've Gots An English Question
>Joe wrote at 2003-06-22 22:17:04 (+0100)
> As I said before, in British Dialects, a generalised -s indicates a
> past tense. I'm not sure how to describe it...recountative tense?
> It's used when recounting an event. For instance "I goes to town"
> would be correctly translated as "I went to town", rather than "I
> go/am going to town".
In USofA "rural and psuedorural dialect" (and some teen-talk)
similar usages are found. Also used in the telling of a long strungout set of actions.
(Often boring the hearer!!)
~~ Anything below this line is NOT from me ===> Ted Saratoga ~~
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