Is Sybil There? The Structure of Some American English Directives.

Ervin-Tripp, Susan

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Publication Date: 1976

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Is Sybil There? The Structure of Some American English Directives

Ervin-Tripp, Susan

Language in Society, 5, 1, 25-66, Apr 76

The variety of syntactic forms for expression of directives is commented on. Data has been collected investigating the empirical distribution of formal variants across social features and predictability of the form of a directive if social features of its context are known. (Author/RM)

Descriptors: Language Classification, Language Research, Language Usage, Language Variation, North American English, Social Environment, Social Influences, Sociolinguistics, Syntax

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