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Strelluf, Christopher (2021) Regional variation and syntactic derivation of low-frequency need-passives on Twitter. Journal of English Linguistics . (In Press)
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Abstract
This paper examines constructions formed by the verb need taking a passivized complement. While previous dialectological, sociolinguistic, and micro-syntactic analyses have focused primarily on the past-participle complement (need+ED) as a regional syntactic variable, this study expands the purview of need-passives to examine gerund-participle (need+ING) and infinitival (need+TO) complements. Data from Twitter confirm previous findings that need+ED is a productive feature of the US Midland, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Tyneside, England. However, tweets also show that need+ING is produced disproportionately frequently in England and Wales. Additionally, a transitive construction formed with need as a matrix verb is examined and found to co-vary regionally with need+ING. Syntactic analyses of tweets reveal similarities in the ways that need+ED and need+ING vary with need+TO. These findings lead to a proposed syntactic analysis that need+ED and need+ING share the same derivational structure. More generally, the work argues for greater attention in linguistic research to low-frequency features.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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| Subjects: | P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics P Language and Literature > PE English |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Applied Linguistics | ||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax , Principles and parameters (Linguistics) , English language -- Variation | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of English Linguistics | ||||||
| Publisher: | SAGE Publications | ||||||
| ISSN: | 0075-4242 | ||||||
| Official Date: | 2021 | ||||||
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| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | In Press | ||||||
| Publisher Statement: | Posted ahead of print. Strelluf, Christopher (2021) Regional variation and syntactic derivation of low-frequency need-passives on Twitter. Journal of English Linguistics .Journal Volume Number and Issue Number) pp. xx-xx. Copyright © [year] (Copyright Holder). Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications. DOI: [DOI] Users who receive access to an article through a repository are reminded that the article is protected by copyright and reuse is restricted to non-commercial and no derivative uses. | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
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