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Vol. 76:1 (2023) ► pp.112–125

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Review article

East Anglian English and the Langue de jearse and dow

ORCiD logo with link | Fukuoka University
Published online: 19 June 2023
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https://doi.org/10.1075/nowele.00076.how
Article outline
  • 1.East Anglia: A linguistic history
  • 2.East Anglia as a linguistic area
  • 3.East Anglian phonology
  • 4.East Anglian grammar
    • 4.13rd person singular present tense zero
    • 4.2Verb tense form differences to Standard English
    • 4.3Present tense negative of ‘be’ and ‘have’ = int
    • 4.4That for ‘it’
    • 4.5Conjunction do ‘or, otherwise’
  • 5.East Anglian lexis and discourse features
  • 6.East Anglian English in the world
  • 7.East Anglian texts
  • 8.The dynamics of East Anglian English: Past, present and future
  • 9.Conclusions
  • Notes
  • References
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