Linguistic Perspectives on a Variable English Morpheme: Let's Talk about -S

by David Britain and Laura Rupp

This book investigates -s marking in English verbs, specifically its manifestations in main verbs, in the past tense of BE, and in existential constructions. It embraces the many ways in which -s marking varies across the English speaking world, and considers both how it arose in these places historically and the ways in which it has since developed. The authors propose a story which holistically accounts for these different manifestations...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403939683
• ISBN13: 9781403939685
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 370 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.3"