LL-L "Morphology" 2003.05.11 (13) [E]

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From: Dana Lockhart <lockhdr at wku.edu>
Subject: LL-L "Morphology" 2003.05.11 (07) [D/E]]

There are some differences in the use of the definite article
between Scots and English. Mainly, English drops the definite
article before a noun signifying an institution, eg:

going to school - gaun tae the schuil

he's in hospital - he's in the ospital/infirmary

This is less frequent in American English. In American English we would
retain
the 'the' in the sentance "he's in (the) hospital" etc.

Dana Lockhart

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Morphology

Thanks, Dana.  This reminds me that in Lowlands Saxon (Low German) it
works the same way as in American English:

> going to school - gaun tae the schuil

LS: tou schoul gaan
(cf. German with article: zur Schule gehen < zu der Schule gehen)
(cf. Missingsch, LS-based German, without article: zu Schule gehn)

LS _tou schoul gaan_ means that he is a student/pupil.  If you use an
article and say _tou dey schoul gaan_ (better _na dey schoul gaan_) it
means 'going to the school (building/site)', just like saying "going to
the school" in English.

> he's in hospital - he's in the ospital/infirmary

American: he's in the hospital

LS (with article): hey is (in dat >) in 't süykenhuus
(German (with article): er ist (in dem >) im Krankenhaus)

Without article:

LS: hey gayt na bed
German: er geht zu Bett
English: he goes to bed

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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