query: extra IS

[Beverly Flanigan]

As it happens, I presented a paper on this kind of thing at ADS a couple
years ago, and the paper will be submitted for publication
"shortly."  References are numerous (including a piece by Hamp, and one by
you, as I recall), and yes, written attestations, though few, have been
found.  I can send you the draft, if you like; in fact, I'd appreciate your
comments on it.

At 08:00 PM 5/7/01 -0700, you wrote:
>barbara need:
>  >Well, anecdotally, Eric Hamp is a regular user of is is.
>
>well, yes, we have a fair number of folks who use IS IS a
>lot in speech (including my student's partner).  but is there
>more literature on the phenomenon, and are there attested
>*written* examples?
>
>arnold (zwicky at csli.stanford.edu)


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