Hypothetical modality : grammaticalisation in an L2 dialect / Debra Ziegeler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ziegeler, Debra.

Series:

Studies in language companion series ; v. 51.

Studies in language companion series, 0165-7763 ; v. 51

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Modality (Linguistics).

Grammar, Comparative and general--Grammaticalization.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

English language--Modality.

English language.

Second language acquisition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (310 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; [Great Britain] : John Benjamins Pub, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book marks a new development in the field of grammaticalisation studies, in that it extends the field of grammaticalisation studies from relatively homogeneous languages to those possessing well-established and institutionalised second language varieties. In Hypothetical Modality, special reference is made to Singaporean English, a native-speaker L2 dialect of considerable importance in the South-East Asian region, and to the expression in the dialect of hypothetical modality, which appears to be indistinguishable from non-hypothetical modality in terms of the use of preterite or past forms of modal verbs. Within a grammaticalisation framework, a number of factors can be seen to be relevant to an explanation, including substratum and contact features such as tense/aspect marking, levels of lexical retention as an individual (psychological) phenomenon, and the fact that such dialects have a discontinuity in their development. In addition, the book defines pragmatic approaches to the understanding of hypothetical modality, in both diachronic and synchronic terms.

Contents:

HYPOTHETICAL MODALITY

Editorial page

Title page

LCC data

Table of contents

Preamble

Preface

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Hypothetical modality as a grammatical category

Chapter 3. A diachronic corpus study of would

Chapter 4. Singaporean English and substratum influences in the grammaticalisation of hypothetical modality

Chapter 5. The interaction of tense and aspect in the grammaticalisation of counterfactuality

Chapter 6. Hypothetical WILL: A study in retention

Chapter 7. The Lexical Memory Traces Hypothesis

Chapter 8. Conclusions

Appendices

Bibliography

Name Index

Subject Index

STUDIES IN LANGUAGE COMPANION SERIES (SLCS).

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-278) and indexes.

ISBN:

9786612162947

9781282162945

1282162942

9789027298713

9027298718

OCLC:

70764680