A-prefixing |
Tense, Aspect, Mood |
Appalachian English; Ozark English; Smoky Mountain English; Southern American English |
After-perfects |
Tense, Aspect, Mood |
Canadian English (including Newfoundland English) |
All the further |
Comparatives; Wh-words and relative clauses |
Midwestern American English; Smoky Mountain English |
The alls construction |
Wh-words and relative clauses |
Midwestern American English |
Bare got |
Tense, Aspect, Mood |
Widespread American English; African American (Vernacular) English |
Canadian eh |
Particles |
Canadian English (including Newfoundland English) |
Come with |
Particles; Pronouns |
Midwestern American English |
Dative presentatives |
Pronouns |
Ozark English; Smoky Mountain English; Southern American English |
Done my homework |
Particles |
Canadian English (including Newfoundland English); Northeastern/New England English |
Double comparatives |
Comparatives |
Widespread American English; African American (Vernacular) English; Appalachian English; Canadian English (including Newfoundland English); Smoky Mountain English |
Double is |
Comparatives; Emphasis/focus |
Widespread American English |
Drama SO |
Emphasis/focus |
Widespread American English |
Expletive they |
Subjects and subject position |
African American (Vernacular) English; Appalachian English; Ozark English |
Fixin’ to |
Tense, Aspect, Mood |
African American (Vernacular) English; Smoky Mountain English; Southern American English |
For to infinitives |
Tense, Aspect, Mood |
Appalachian English; Ozark English; Smoky Mountain English |
Have yet to |
Tense, Aspect, Mood |
Widespread American English |
Invariant be |
Copulas and forms of be; Tense, Aspect, Mood |
African American (Vernacular) English; Chicano English; Southern American English |
Inversion in embedded questions |
Wh-words and relative clauses |
Widespread American English; African American (Vernacular) English; Appalachian English; Canadian English (including Newfoundland English); Chicano English; Smoky Mountain English |
Liketa |
Tense, Aspect, Mood |
African American (Vernacular) English; Appalachian English; Southern American English |
Long-distance reflexives |
Pronouns |
Midwestern American English |
Multiple modals |
Tense, Aspect, Mood |
African American (Vernacular) English; Northeastern/New England English; Smoky Mountain English; Southern American English |
Needs washed |
Tense, Aspect, Mood |
Appalachian English; Midwestern American English |
Negative concord |
Negation |
African American (Vernacular) English; Appalachian English; Chicano English; Smoky Mountain English; Southern American English |
Negative inversion |
Negation |
African American (Vernacular) English; Appalachian English; Smoky Mountain English; Southern American English |
Null copula |
Copulas and forms of be |
African American (Vernacular) English |
Perfective done |
Tense, Aspect, Mood |
African American (Vernacular) English; Southern American English |
Personal datives |
Pronouns |
Appalachian English; Ozark English; Smoky Mountain English; Southern American English |
Positive anymore |
Negation |
Widespread American English; Appalachian English; Midwestern American English |
Relative possessive that's |
Pronouns; Subjects and subject position; Wh-words and relative clauses |
Widespread American English |
Repetition clefts |
Emphasis/focus; Wh-words and relative clauses |
Widespread American English |
So don't I |
Negation |
Northeastern/New England English |
Split subjects |
Pronouns; Subjects and subject position |
Appalachian English; Southern American English |
Steady |
Tense, Aspect, Mood |
African American (Vernacular) English; Canadian English (including Newfoundland English) |
Stressed BIN (been) |
Copulas and forms of be; Tense, Aspect, Mood |
African American (Vernacular) English |
Subject contact relatives |
Subjects and subject position |
African American (Vernacular) English; Appalachian English; Canadian English (including Newfoundland English); Ozark English; Smoky Mountain English |
Try and |
Tense, Aspect, Mood |
Widespread American English |
Tryna |
Tense, Aspect, Mood |
Widespread American English; African American (Vernacular) English |
Verbal rather |
Tense, Aspect, Mood |
Widespread American English |
What all |
Wh-words and relative clauses |
Ozark English; Smoky Mountain English; Southern American English |
Wicked |
Emphasis/focus |
Northeastern/New England English |
You do you |
Pronouns; Subjects and subject position |
Widespread American English; African American (Vernacular) English |