Sentence

id: 1097

Acceptability varies by speaker

Idiom: (de) bek op 't rechte stee hebben Dialect: Gronings

Hai het bek op rechte stee.

Properties

General

Speaker judgments

Hogelandsters1: Prefers a different structure of the PP: 'Hai het bek recht op stee.' In this structure, DeterminerDrop is obligatory (so 'Hai het bek recht op 't stee' is unacceptable)

Hogelandsters2: Prefers a different structure of the PP: 'Hai het bek recht op stee.' In this structure, DeterminerDrop is obligatory (so 'Hai het bek recht op 't stee' is unacceptable)

Hogelandsters3: Prefers a different structure of the PP: 'Hai het bek recht op stee.' In this structure, DeterminerDrop is obligatory (so 'Hai het bek recht op 't stee' is unacceptable)

Hogelandsters4: DeterminerDrop is optional and preferred

Hogelandsters5: DeterminerDrop is optional and preferred

Speaker judgments

Hogelandsters1: Yes

Hogelandsters2: Yes

Hogelandsters3: Yes

Hogelandsters4: Yes

Hogelandsters5: Yes

Hogelandsters6: No

Manipulations

External possession construction manipulation

Determiner drop with DP + PP

Manipulated idiom property

External possession with S possessor