In:Patterns of Change in 18th-century English: A sociolinguistic approach
Edited by Terttu Nevalainen, Minna Palander-Collin and Tanja Säily
[Advances in Historical Sociolinguistics 8] 2018
► pp. 159–177
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Chapter 10Ongoing change
The diffusion of the third-person neuter possessive its
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Published online: 6 September 2018
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Article outline
- 10.1Introduction
- 10.2The third-person neuter possessive singular paradigm
- 10.3Earlier sociolinguistic research
- 10.4Results
- 10.4.1Time course of change
- 10.4.2Age
- 10.4.3Social status variation
- 10.4.4Gender variation
- 10.4.5Regional variation
- 10.4.6Conservative/progressive individuals?
- 10.5Normative grammars
- 10.6Conclusion
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