Alexandra D'Arcy

List of John Benjamins publications in which Alexandra D'Arcy is involved.

Journal

English World-Wide

A Journal of Varieties of English

Edited by Marianne Hundt and Anne Schröder

ISSN 0172-8865 | E‑ISSN 1569‑9730

Book series

Current Issues in Linguistic Theory

General Editor: Joseph C. Salmons

ISSN 0304-0763

Studies in Language Companion Series

Edited by Elly van Gelderen

ISSN 0165-7763

Title

Discourse-Pragmatic Variation in Context: Eight hundred years of LIKE

Alexandra D'Arcy

Like is a ubiquitous feature of English with a deep history in the language, exhibiting regular and constrained variable grammars over time. This volume explores the various contexts of like, each of which contributes to the reality of contemporary vernaculars: its historical context, its… read more

[Studies in Language Companion Series, 187] 2017. xx, 235 pp.

Articles (8) | Order by:

D'Arcy, Alexandra 2022 Review of Davydova (2019): Quotation in Indigenised and Learner English: A Sociolinguistic Account of Variation English World-Wide 43:2, pp. 249–256 | Review

D'Arcy, Alexandra 2016 Review of Dossena (2015): Transatlantic Perspectives on Late Modern English English World-Wide 37:2, pp. 231–235 | Review

D'Arcy, Alexandra 2015 At the crossroads of change: Possession, periphrasis, and prescriptivism in Victoria English Grammatical Change in English World-Wide, Collins, Peter (ed.), pp. 43–64 | Article

British and Southern hemisphere varieties of English have been shifting towards have got for stative possession, but North American varieties favour have. At the same time, have is implicated in a critical transatlantic divide, requiring do-support and resisting contraction in North America.… read more

D'Arcy, Alexandra 2015 Stability, stasis and change: The longue durée of intensification Diachronica 32:4, pp. 449–493 | Article

Intensification is prone to invention and renewal, rendering it ideal for delving into mechanisms of variation and change. Recycling (via lexical replacement) is a putative longitudinal constant, yet grammatical change (via grammaticalization) is regularly invoked in the literature. It is not clear… read more

D'Arcy, Alexandra 2012 Review of Walker (2010): Variation in Linguistic Systems English World-Wide 33:2, pp. 205–209 | Review

D'Arcy, Alexandra 2011 Review of Clarke (2010): Newfoundland and Labrador English English World-Wide 32:3, pp. 369–373 | Review

D'Arcy, Alexandra 2010 Review of Dollinger (2008): New-Dialect Formation in Canada. Evidence from the English Modal Auxiliaries English World-Wide 31:1, pp. 108–111 | Review

Tagliamonte, Sali A. and Alexandra D'Arcy 2007 The modals of obligation/necessity in Canadian perspective English World-Wide 28:1, pp. 47–87 | Article

The modal verbs of English have been undergoing change since the Late Old English and Early Middle English periods. Recent research suggests dramatic recent developments, particularly in American English. In this paper, we focus on the encoding of obligation/necessity, which involves the layering… read more