‘We were all thegither . . . I think we was all thegither’:was regularization in Buckie English
‘We were all thegither . . . I think we was all thegither’:was regularization in Buckie English
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“我们都在一起”：巴基英语的正规化。
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1998
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Sali A. Tagliamonte
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Jennifer Smith;Sali A. Tagliamonte
动词be的过去式范例的变化（例如，I were，you was，we was）在英语方言中广泛存在，通常被认为是类比调平的结果。通过分析的非标准是在Buckie英语，在苏格兰东北部的一个小渔村讲的品种，我们表明，历史记录提供了最相关的角度上的变化。第二人称单数you，第一人称复数we，复数NP和存在主义高度支持was，然而，第三人称复数他们展示了were的绝对用法。跨语法人称和主语类型的约束层次反映了历史文献中提到的最广泛引用的模式。这些发现表明，一个相对孤立的社区在现在提供了过去的印记，其轨迹已被动词be的特质的纵向连续性惊人地保留下来。
Variation in the past tense paradigm of the verb be (e.g., I were, you was, we was) is widespread amongst English dialects, and is often considered to be the result of analogical levelling. Through an analysis of non-standard was in Buckie English, a variety spoken in a small fishing town in north-east Scotland, we show that the historical record provides the most relevant perspective on the variation. 2nd person singular you, 1st person plural we, plural NPs and existentials highly favour was, however, 3rd person plural they demonstrates categorical use of were. The constraint hierarchy across grammatical person and subject type reflect the most widely-cited patterns mentioned in the historical literature. These findings demonstrate that a relatively isolated community provides an imprint of the past in the present, the tracks of which have been strikingly preserved by longitudinal continuity of the idiosyncrasies of the verb be.