Mapping Unity and Diversity World-Wide : Corpus-Based Studies of New Englishes.
This volume presents a collection of in-depth cross-varietal studies on a broad spectrum of grammatical features in English varieties spoken all over the world. The contributions explore the structural unity and diversity of New Englishes and thus investigate central aspects of dialect evolution and...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam/Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Pub. Co.,
2012.
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| Series: | Varieties of English around the world. General series ;
v. 43. |
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| Summary: | This volume presents a collection of in-depth cross-varietal studies on a broad spectrum of grammatical features in English varieties spoken all over the world. The contributions explore the structural unity and diversity of New Englishes and thus investigate central aspects of dialect evolution and language change. Moreover, this volume offers new insights into the question as to what constrains new dialect formation, and examines universal trends across a wide range of contact situations. The contributions in this volume further study the possibilities and limitations of quantitative and qua. |
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| Item Description: | 3.2 Particle verbs with up. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (308 pages) |
| Bibliography: | ReferencesCorpora; Will and would in selected New Englishes; 1. Introduction and previous research; 2. New Englishes selected; 3. Data and method; 4. Results and discussion; 4.1 Results and general findings; 4.2 Trinidadian English; 4.3 Jamaican English; 4.4 Bahamian English; 4.5 Fiji English; 4.6 Indian English; 4.7 Singapore English; 5. Conclusion and outlook; References; Progressives in Maltese English; 1. Introduction; 2. Outline and contextualization of Maltese English; 3. Previous research on progressives; 4. The variable: Definition and constraints; 5. Data; 6. Quantitative analysis. |
| ISBN: | 9789027274946 9027274940 1280497637 9781280497636 |