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On the distinction between preposition stranding and orphan prepositions.
- Source :
- Bilingualism: Language & Cognition; Apr2012, Vol. 15 Issue 2, p243-246, 4p
- Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- Poplack, Zentz and Dion (PZD; Poplack, Zentz & Dion, 2011, this issue) examine the often unquestioned assumption that the existence of preposition stranding (PS) in Canadian French is linked to the presence of a contact situation with English in the North American context. Although this issue has been the topic of previous research from a syntactic perspective (Bouchard, 1982; Vinet, 1979, 1984), to my knowledge, it has never been explored using variationist sociolinguistic methods applied to a large corpus of spontaneous speech, with emphasis on code-switchers as potential agents of contact-induced change. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13667289
- Volume :
- 15
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Bilingualism: Language & Cognition
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 73892274
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1017/S1366728911000289