anyway(s)

[Dennis R. Preston]

Remember, in earlier English there was quite some competition for the
default complementizer. Although "that" eventually won, "as" was a
competitor, and, as this shows, survived (although opaquely) in some
varieties.

dInIs



Then there's "Alls" as in "Alls ya gotta do is keep goin' straight down this
road till ya come ta..."-- or "Alls I'm sayin' is...'

Dale Coye
The College of NJ

--
Dennis R. Preston
Professor of Linguistics
Department of Linguistics & Germanic, Slavic,
      Asian & African Languages
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824-1027
e-mail: preston at msu.edu
phone: (517) 353-9290