Date: Sat, 24 Jan 1998 09:27:11 -0500

From: Pat Courts courts[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]AIT.FREDONIA.EDU

Subject: Re: query re _want + (participle) use



Simon, with regard to "want" + participle. I heard it often in

Steubenville, OH. I'm pretty sure I've heard it here in Western NY, but

I'll check that out to be sure. I also associate it with the usage of

"needs" + participle (e.g. the shirt needs ironed).



At 02:18 PM 1/23/98 EST, you wrote:

Dear ADS-L members:



For an article on constructions with elliptical _want + participle_

(e.g. the car wants washed, the car wants washing, the car doesn't want

washed; the infant wants diapered, the infant doesn't want diapered), my

colleague Tom and Murray and I would like to hear from anyone who uses

such a construction or is in an area where such a construction is in

use.



In continuation of our work on elliptical need + p.p. (see Murray,

Frazer, Simon, _American Speech_ winter, 1996), we would also like to

hear from anyone familiar with negative need + past participle

(e.g. the car doesn't need washed, the dogs don't need fed).



Please contact me at

simon[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]cvax.ipfw.indiana.edu

or

simon[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ipfw.edu



Thanks,

Beth Simon

Assistant Professor, Linguistics and English

Indiana University Purdue University

simon[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]cvax.ipfw.indiana.edu





Cheers,



Pat Courts

http://www.fredonia.edu/department/english/courts/