Yes, it seems that <got> is being
reinterpreted as an irregular and defective present/infinitive verb. This
interpretation is probably encouraged by the contrast between the regular pp.
<gotten> and the form <got> in the dialects in question; the latter,
being of restricted occurrence and having a special function, is free to leave
the paradigm of <get> and start a life of its own.
This new <got> is defective in that
it lacks certain forms (*<gotting>, for example) and irregular in that it
is uninflected. Perhaps the next step will be to regularise it
completely:
Does he got a car?
He does. As a matter of fact, he gots
two.
She got(ted) a daughter, didn't
she?
:)))
Piotr
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 10:19 AM
Subject: Re: [tied] English.
--- In cybalist@......, "Glen
Gordon" <glengordon01@......>
wrote:
>
> Would you settle for "Do you got..."? That's said
sometimes
> over here in Manitoba (central Canada).
>
A good
news for me! I expected such form to exist, just by analogy:
"I own a car":"I
got a car"
"Do you own a car?":"Do you X a
car?"
Sergei
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