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Converging grammars : constructions in Singapore English / Debra Ziegeler.
LIBRA PE3502.S5 Z54 2015
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ziegeler, Debra, author.
- Series:
- Language contact and bilingualism ; v. 11.
- Language contact and bilingualism ; volume 11
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Singapore--Grammar--Case studies.
- English language.
- English language--Coordinate constructions--Case studies.
- English language--Variation--Singapore--Case studies.
- English language--Social aspects--Singapore--Case studies.
- Language and culture--Singapore--Case studies.
- Language and culture.
- Construction grammar--Case studies.
- Construction grammar.
- Languages in contact--Singapore--Case studies.
- Languages in contact.
- Language and languages.
- English language--Social aspects.
- English language--Variation.
- English language--Coordinate constructions.
- Grammar.
- Singapore.
- Singapore--Languages--Case studies.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 294 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2015]
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Singapore English
- Construction grammars and the paradox of "mixed " construction types
- Transitivity and causativity
- Experiential aspect
- The past tense construction
- Bare noun constructions
- The merger construction: a model of construction convergence
- Concluding remarks
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781614515715
- 1614515719
- OCLC:
- 910475619
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