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Autore: | Ziegeler Debra |
Titolo: | Converging grammars : constructions in Singapore English / / Debra Ziegeler |
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 genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
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.: | 9910460993003321 |
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