Converging Grammars : : Constructions in Singapore English / / 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 ar...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2015 Part 1 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2015] ©2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Language Contact and Bilingualism [LCB] ,
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (294 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- 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