Micro syntactic variation in north american english oxford studies in comparative syntax ebook zanuttini raffaella horn laurence amazonca kindle store. By comparing linguistic varieties that are quite similar overall linguists can often determine where and how grammatical systems differ and how they change over time the goal of this work is to provide a systematic look at minimal differences in the syntax of varieties of english spoken in north america this book makes available a range of data on unfamiliar constructions drawn from . Micro syntactic variation in north american english edited by raffaella zanuttini and laurence horn oxford studies in comparative syntax offers a detailed description and analysis of understudied but grammatically interesting constructions in north american english. Micro syntactic variation in north american english edited by raffaella zanuttini and laurence horn oxford studies in comparative syntax offers a detailed description and analysis of understudied but grammatically interesting constructions in north american english emphasizes syntactic as opposed to phonological or lexical variation. By comparing linguistic varieties that are quite similar overall linguists can often determine where and how grammatical systems differ and how they change over time micro syntactic variation in