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The Structural Design of Language

By Thomas S. Stroik, Michael T. Putnam

In this book, Stroik and Putnam take on Turing's challenge. They argue that the narrow syntax – the lexicon, the Numeration, and the computational system – must reside, for reasons of conceptual necessity, within the performance systems.

Query Details

Query Subject:	Me and John Can Do It
Author:	Lee Hartman
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Linguistic LingField(s):	Syntax

Query:	In some ''nonstandard'' varieties of spoken English -- in both the U.S. and the U.K. -- sentences like (1) are normal, while (2) is not used. (1) Me and John can do it. (2) John and I can do it. Meanwhile, for a singular subject, the same speakers of (1) would never say (3), but rather, like ''standard'' speakers, would say (4). (3) Me can do it. (4) I can do it. I saw a journal article on this phenomenon, probably in the 1970s or early '80s. I wonder if anyone on the List can help me find the article.
LL Issue:	18.2287
Date posted:	31-Jul-2007
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