Converging grammars : constructions in Singapore English / / Debra Ziegeler
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| Autore: |
Ziegeler Debra
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| Titolo: |
Converging grammars : constructions in Singapore English / / Debra Ziegeler
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| Pubblicazione: | Berlin, Germany ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , 2015 |
| ©2015 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (308 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 427/.95957 |
| Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Singapore Languages Case studies |
| Soggetto non controllato: | Convergence |
| Merger Constructions | |
| Singapore English | |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Converging grammars |
| ISBN: | 1-5015-0063-5 |
| 1-61451-409-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Tedesco |
| Record Nr.: | 9910797378203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Language contact and bilingualism ; ; Volume 11.