Converging Grammars : : Constructions in Singapore English / / Debra Ziegeler.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2015 Part 1
• VerfasserIn: Ziegeler, Debra,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Language Contact and Bilingualism [LCB] , 11
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (294 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; 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
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781614514091; 9783110762518; 9783110700985; 9783110742961; 9783110439687; 9783110438710
• ISSN: 2190-698X
• DOI: 10.1515/9781614514091
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Debra Ziegeler.

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