This project reanalyses the dataset Röthlisberger (2018) that samples dative variants (double object and prepositional datives) from nine national varieties of English using ICE and GloWbE. The focus of the current project is on register effects, specifically on:
1. Competition between 'register' and 'region' as two competing factors that influence the choice of dative variant
2. Regional variation in register effects on the choice of dative variant (i.e. inter-register variation)
3. Coherence of registers cross-regionally regarding language-internal constraints (i.e. intra-register variation)
The paper will be published under the title "Between context and community: Regional variation in register effects in the English dative alternation"