Query Details
| Query Subject: |
Me and John Can Do It
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| Author: | Lee Hartman | |
| Submitter Email: | click here to access email | |
| Linguistic LingField(s): |
Syntax
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| 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. |
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| LL Issue: | 18.2287 | |
| Date posted: | 31-Jul-2007 | |
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