Grammatical Features of Modern and Traditional Dialects 2.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? English LanguageGrammatical Features of Modern and Traditional DialectsUniversityNone Created by: Lucy GiannasiCreated on: 13-05-15 11:46 MD: Double modals Scotland, Northumberland, Appalachians 1 of 18 MD: Definite articles for seasons, illnesses and institutions Scotland, Ireland, Northumberland, Tyneside 2 of 18 MD: While=until Yorkshire 3 of 18 MD: That instead of it, 'that's raining' East Anglia and South Midlands 4 of 18 MD: Double negation Widespread 5 of 18 MD: 'Where's me bike?', 'That's us bus', 'He tapped us on the shoulder' North 6 of 18 TD: this/thir/that/tho/yon/thon demonstratives North 7 of 18 TD: thease/theys/that/they/thik demonstratives Southwestern 8 of 18 TD: you (sg) you together (pl) Eastern counties 9 of 18 TD: you (sg) youse (pl) Ireland, Scotland, Merseyside 10 of 18 TD: thou (sg) you (pl) North 11 of 18 TD: thee (sg) you (pl) West 12 of 18 TD: ye (sg and pl) Northumberland 13 of 18 TD: 'He' gender for count nouns Southwestern 14 of 18 TD: 'The dogs eats food' North 15 of 18 TD: (syntactic linkage) were always Yorkshire and Lancashire 16 of 18 TD: (syntactic linkage) was in positive, were in negative clauses York 17 of 18 TD: (syntactic linkage) was always Northeast 18 of 18
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