“…Barbieri (2005: 226–227; or 2007: 28) provides a convenient overview of earlier research up to 2004 so that here we consider only the more recent studies. They include: Barbieri (2005, 2007, 2009), Rickford, Buchstaller, Wasow, and Zwicky (2007) as well as Stephens, Hall‐Lew, and Ellis (2018) on general US English, and Hansen‐Thomas (2008) as well as Kohn and Franz (2009) on US ethnic varieties; Durham et al. (2012) on UK English; Tagliamonte and D'Arcy (2007) on Canadian English; Rodríguez Louro (2013) on Australian English; and D'Arcy (2012) as well as Drager (2015) on New Zealand English.…”