The Reduplicative Copulais Is
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6031263 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Shapiro (0000-0001-5943-6974, Brown University), Michael C Haley, Michael Haley (0000-0003-2485-8485, Brown University) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 77 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 305-312 |
| Publication date | 2002-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Speech (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-1283 • E-ISSN: 1527-2133 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/00031283-77-3-305 |
| OpenAlex | W2096612128 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 1 |
of educated speakers in some ways, but he shares one grammatical trait with many others, namely, the nonstandard syntactic construction we will call provisionally, for lack of a better designation, the reduplicative copula, as in the following examples: “What I’ve said is is that... ” (televised debate with Al Gore, 3 Oct. 2000); and even more incongruously, “My concerns are is that... ” (Vermont Public Radio, interview at Burlington Airport, 23 Oct. 1999). The second construction we have not observed in any other speaker, but the first is quite commonly heard, as in: “What I can say is is that... ” (Greg Maffei, Microsoft CFO, interviewed on CNN’s Moneyline, 10 Nov. 1999); “The truth is is that... ” (Ira Glasser, ACLU director, inter-viewed on NPR’s Morning Edition, 27 Dec. 2000); “The secret truth was is that work was my whole life ” (character on the ABC soap opera Once and Again, 9 Nov. 2001); and “The good news is is that... ” (Paula Dobriansky, under secretary of state for global affairs, interviewed on CNN’s America’s New War, 30 Nov. 2001). Examples such as these could be multiplied
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2017 (12) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |