Chapter 7
The Saipanese English quotative system
Article outline
- 7.1Historical overview of the variable and previous research
- 7.2Data and extra-linguistic factors
- 7.3Constraints on the variable context: Quotatives
- 7.4Intra-linguistic factors: Quotatives
- 7.4.1Content of the quote
- 7.4.2Type of subject
- 7.4.3Tense and temporal reference
- 7.4.4Mimesis
- 7.4.5Addressee
- 7.4.6Summary of intra-linguistic factors: Quotatives
- 7.5Results: Quotatives
- 7.5.1Distributional results
- Content of the quote
- Type of subject
- Tense and temporal reference
- Mimesis
- Addressee
- Sex
- Ethnicity
- Occupation type
- Age
- Mobility
- Multicollinearity with ethnicity
- 7.5.2Multinomial results
- Content of the quote
- Type of subject
- Tense and temporal reference
- Mimesis
- Addressee
- Sex
- Ethnicity
- Occupation type
- Age
- Mobility
- 7.6Discussion of the quotative system in Saipanese English
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Notes