Tagliamonte, Durham & Smith (2014)
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Catherine Laliberté
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Tagliamonte, Durham & Smith (2014)
by Catherine Laliberté
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Multiple Choice
The paper is primarily concerned with the semi-modal _____.
BE going to
HAVE to
will
BE about to
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Multiple Choice
Using the verb to go to form the future tense is unique to English.
True
False
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Multiple Choice
In Present-Day English, the future is expressed primarily via BE going to, and...
the present tense
shall
will
the progressive aspect
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Multiple Choice
Why study "BE going to" in UK dialects?
Because that is the only variant that is used there.
Because is it (presumably) used much MORE there
Because it is (presumably) used much LESS there
Because it is not used at all there.
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Multiple Select
The data used for this study consists of...
Sociolinguistic interviews
Written language
Speech produced in 10 different communities in the UK
Speech by speakers of different ages
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Multiple Select
Which of these are examples of tokens NOT included in the analysis?
Oh, you’ll spoil my chances, will you?
I was terrified he was gonna tell the whole class that I’d cried.
What are we gonna do when we get there anyway?
In old age we’ll sell it.
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Count vs. non-count tokens
A token is an instance of the variable you are interested in. Some may be included or excluded from an analysis based on certain criteria: we must make sure to circumscribe the variable context.
Here, non-count tokens include:
Ways of expressing the future other than will & BE going to
past tense contexts (I was terrified he was gonna tell the whole class that I’d cried.)
tag questions (Oh, you’ll spoil my chances, will you?)
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Multiple Choice
How many tokens is the analysis based on?
183
4,764
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3.35 million
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Multiple Choice
Overall, older people use BE going to more than younger people.
True
False
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Multiple Choice
Among older people, the UK communities have lower rates of BE going to than North American communities.
True
False
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Multiple Choice
Those who use BE going to the MOST are...
old people living in York
residents of Ireland and Scotland that are over 60 years old
30 years old or under and live in York
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Multiple Choice
Which of these is NOT evidence of grammaticalization?
increasing frequency
increasing use with inanimate subjects
increasing use with 1st person subjects
increasing far-future reference (as opposed to near-future)
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Next week...
We try to emulate Tagliamonte, Durham & Smith (2014) & track the contexts which favored the grammaticalization of HAVE to.
Please register to use the Old Bailey Corpus (link is on Moodle)
Have a nice week!
Tagliamonte, Durham & Smith (2014)
by Catherine Laliberté
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