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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460993003321

Autore

Ziegeler Debra

Titolo

Converging grammars : constructions in Singapore English / / Debra Ziegeler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Germany ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-5015-0063-5

1-61451-409-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (308 p.)

Collana

Language Contact and Bilingualism, , 2190-698X ; ; Volume 11

Disciplina

427/.95957

Soggetti

English language - Singapore - Grammar

English language - Coordinate constructions

English language - Variation - Singapore

English language - Social aspects - Singapore

Language and culture - Singapore

Construction grammar

Languages in contact - Singapore

Electronic books.

Singapore Languages Case studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Table of contents -- Preface and acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Singapore English -- Chapter 3. Construction grammars and the paradox of ‘mixed’ construction types -- Chapter 4. Transitivity and causativity -- Chapter 5. Experiential aspect -- Chapter 6. The past tense construction -- Chapter 7. Bare noun constructions -- Chapter 8. The Merger Construction: a model of construction convergence -- Chapter 9. Concluding remarks -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

This volume provides a much-needed, critical overview of the field of constructions and construction grammar in the context of Singapore



English, and poses the question of identifying a construction in contact when the lexicon is derived from one language and the syntax from another. Case studies are illustrated in which the possibility of a 'merger'-construction is offered to resolve such problems. The book is intended for students of construction theories, variation studies, or any researcher of contact grammars