The phenomenon of “singular agreement” (“SA”) in there-existentials — the combination of a plural post-verbal notional subject and a singular verb — has been the subject of a number of studies which have confirmed its covariation with a range of social, stylistic and grammatical factors. Whereas the focus of most such studies has been on the relative influence of these factors, that of the present study is on the nature and frequency of SA across (a selection of eight) World Englishes. Beginning with the assumption, for which there is indirect evidence in the literature, that SA is on the rise in contemporary English, an attempt is made to relate the degree of advancement of the eight varieties to their evolutionary status and characteristic style orientations.
2022. Negation as a predictor of clausal complement choice in World Englishes. English Language and Linguistics 26:2 ► pp. 307 ff.
Rupp, Laura & David Britain
2019. Verbal –s in Existential there Sentences. In Linguistic Perspectives on a Variable English Morpheme, ► pp. 237 ff.
SCHNEIDER, EDGAR W.
2014. New reflections on the evolutionary dynamics of world Englishes. World Englishes 33:1 ► pp. 9 ff.
Velupillai, Viveka
2016. Interview with Edgar W. Schneider. Journal of English Linguistics 44:4 ► pp. 346 ff.
Vercellotti, Mary Lou, Alan Juffs & Ben Naismith
2021. Multiword sequences in English language learners’ speech: The relationship between trigrams and lexical variety across development. System 98 ► pp. 102494 ff.
Wilson, Guyanne
2020. Variability and acceptability in Trinidadian English. World Englishes 39:3 ► pp. 462 ff.
YAO, XINYUE & PETER COLLINS
2012. The present perfect in world Englishes. World Englishes 31:3 ► pp. 386 ff.
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2013. Reference Guide for Varieties of English. In A Dictionary of Varieties of English, ► pp. 363 ff.
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