Fwd: Borrowed word order in phrases

[George Walkden]

Dear all,

A response from Ruth King on the VAR-L list, where this topic has also been under discussion.

(Mailing list cross-pollination ftw.)

Best,

 - George

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Ruth King <Rking at yorku.ca>
> Subject: Re: Fwd: [Histling-l] Borrowed word order in phrases
> Date: 16 December 2013 16:14:02 GMT
> To: George Walkden <george.walkden at manchester.ac.uk>
> Cc: <VAR-L at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
> 
> Dear George and all,
>  
> For those who want to take the discussion on French back even further, there is 
> Marie-Thérèse Vinet (1984) “La syntaxe du québécois et les emprunts à l’anglais” Revue de l’association québécoise de linguistique 24:2.165-181.
> Denis Bouchard (1982) "Les constructions relatives en français vernaculaire et en français vernaculaire." La syntaxe comparée du  français standard et populaire : approches formelles et fonctionnelles ed. by Claire Lefebvre, 103-34. Québec : Office de la langue française.
> 
> 
> Vinet spells out clearly the diffferences between English and French with respect to where empty objects of P are allowed while Bouchard presents some very interesting historical data.  I should be clear that my own work on P-Stranding, singly and with Yves Roberge, involves three constructions - relative clauses, WH-questions and pseudo-passives - and argues for contact-induced change in certain varieties of Acadian French, precisely those varieties which have borrowed English prepositions.
> 
> George, feel free to post this on Histling-l.
> 
> Best,
> Ruth
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