Relatedness between Grammatical Systems

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2902159
AutoresEdward S Klima (autor correspondente)
Ano1964
Volume40
Fascículo1
Páginas1
Data de publicação1964-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoLanguage (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0097-8507 • E-ISSN: 1535-0665
EditoraJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/411919
OpenAlexW2322627808
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas31

As early as the eighteenth century, grammars of the English language included judgments on the grammatical status of historical developments in the syntax of the inflected forms of the interrogative and personal pronouns. At present, the use of who for whom as the so-called object form of the relative and interrogative pronoun is generally accepted, at least in the United States, as standard colloquial speech. Similarly, the defense of It is me against It is I has a lengthy history. Finally, constructions like Him and me are staying, while not accepted as standard English, have been acknowledged as forming as much a part of a natural and consistent linguistic system (so-called vulgar English) as their socially more acceptable kin. The changing syntax of the pronouns is, of course, basically a historical phenomenon. Because of the normative approach and conservatism of the schools, as well as to the strong formative influence of literary tradition, many educated speakers of American English have, as more or less distinct styles of speech, the different syntactic subsystems characterizing these usages

Grammar · Grammatical evolution · Linguistics · Computer Science · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Philosophy · Psychology