I. Literature review.
1. Who/whom in Prescriptivism
Preposition transitions with who-whom
Who/whom in break-down relative clauses
2. Changes in usage of the two relative pronouns through time.
II. Reality of who and whom usage as objects in relative clauses (corpus-based research)
1. In British English (both spoken and written)
2. In American English (both spoken and written)
=> collect data from corpus sources (e.g: COCA., etc)
III. Comparison between the usage of who/whom as objects in BrE/AmE with Asian English.
IV. Pedagogical trends in teaching ELF students using the two relative pronouns.
V. Conclusion.
References:
1. Aarts, Flor. 1994. “Who and Whom: Prescriptive rules and linguistic reality.” American Speech 69(1). 71-79.
2. Granath, Solveig (2009) “Who benefits from learning how to use corpora?” In: Aijmer, Karin (ed.) Corpora and Language Teaching. Amsterdam/New York: Benjamins. 45-66.