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Publication details [#56559]

D'Arcy, Alexandra. 2012. The diachrony of quotation: Evidence from New Zealand English. Language Variation and Change 24 (3) : 343–379.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

grammar1 | historical linguistics | language change | language use | quotative

Language as a subject

English, New Zealand

Place, Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Journal WWW

journals.cambridge.org/

Annotation

This variationist survey of the New Zealand English quotative system since the late 19th century, unveils a longitudinal and many-sided change trajectory, ending in a very compulsive variable grammar in which language internal contextual factors have evolved and developed.