Of Natural and Unnatural Dialect Differences [microform] : When the Standard Is the Deviant / Joseph F. Foster.

Current research in linguistic typology shows some syntactic processes, such as rightward dislocation of modifiers, to be characteristic of certain types of languages, and that a language of that type without such processes is "unnatural" and likely to develop them. For instance, almost al...

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Online Access:	Request ERIC Document
Main Author:	Foster, Joseph F.
Format:	Microfilm Book
Language:	English
Published:	[S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1976.
Subjects:	Case (Grammar) Dialects. English. English Instruction. Language Usage. Nonstandard Dialects. Regional Dialects. Sociolinguistics. Standard Spoken Usage. Syntax.