Null Subjects in Englishes : : A Comparison of British English and Asian Englishes / / Verena Schröter.
This book presents the first systematic quantitative study of null subjects not only in British English, but also in the contact varieties Indian, Hong Kong and Singapore English. Analysing informal spoken language, it addresses issues relevant for language contact and World Englishes, corpus lingui...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2019 Part 1 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2019] ©2019 |
Year of Publication: | 2019 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] ,
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (XIX, 291 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- List of Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- Part A: Null subjects in British English -- 2. Null subjects: Theoretical, methodological and descriptive foundations -- 3. Empirical baseline: Null subjects in Spoken British English -- Part B: Null subjects in Asian Englishes -- 4. Asian languages and varieties of English: Theory, description and comparison -- 5. Empirical comparison: Null subjects in Asian Englishes -- 6. Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- Appendix A: Data -- Appendix B: Additional statistics -- Index |
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Summary: | This book presents the first systematic quantitative study of null subjects not only in British English, but also in the contact varieties Indian, Hong Kong and Singapore English. Analysing informal spoken language, it addresses issues relevant for language contact and World Englishes, corpus linguistics and variationist sociolinguistics, linguistic typology and syntax. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9783110649260 9783110762464 9783110719567 9783110742978 9783110610765 9783110664232 9783110610307 9783110606287 |
ISSN: | 1434-3452 ; |
DOI: | 10.1515/9783110649260 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Verena Schröter. |