This is not the Case of the Indirect Object: Linguistic and
Sociolinguistic Factors in Double Object Marking Constructions in a Contact
Variety of Spanish from Eastern North Carolina
Abstract:This article presents the results of a sociolinguistic study focusing on the expression of double
object marking constructions (DbOM) in the contact variety of Spanish spoken in Pitt County,
North Carolina. For the purposes of this article, DbOM constructions are defined as those
utterances in which an accusative or dative clitic co-occurs with a coreferential overt nominal
phrase. The data resulting from study participant interviews were analyzed to contrast the
availability and variation of DbOM construction… Show more
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