LIN 317 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Linking Verb, Appalachian Mountains
30 Oct 2018
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There is an expectation in sae that the verb will agree with the subject in person and number. This doesn"t mean much- in the present tense, the only form to be marked is 3rd person singular. In appalachian englishes, you sometimes find this -s outside of 3rd person singular. And sometimes it"s absent in the 3rd person singular context. Ex: we ____ been married 50 year . A copula is a form of to be that links a subject and predicate (linking verb) Ex: bella ____ wanting to do your hair . Variation in 3rd person plural in be and have . Ex: they are vs. they is and they have vs. they has . No instances of we is or you is in the material, and only one i"s . But can find he are (though rare) In past tense, you can find were but there is a preference for using was in all persons/number.
