Go for in the Crucian Wiretaps Corpus: Insight on MV for constructions and the verb/preposition distinction in Afro-Carribean creole
In this paper, I examine uses of the construction go for in Afro-Caribbean English-lexifier creole (AEC) to gain insight on the verb/preposition distinction in contact languages, as exemplified in the construction Motion Verb + for (hereafter MV for). The MV for construction is employed when speaker...
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| Language: | English |
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Editura Universitatii din Bucuresti
2017-06-01
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| Series: | Bucharest Working Papers in Linguistics |
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| Online Access: | https://bwpl.unibuc.ro/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/BWPL_2017_1_CORUM.pdf |