The Influence of the Lexifier : : Beyond Grammaticalization in Singapore English / / Debra Ziegeler.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2024 Part 1
• VerfasserIn: Ziegeler, Debra,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2024]; ©2024
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Language: English
• Series: Language Contact and Bilingualism [LCB] , 29
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XVI, 280 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Preface and acknowledgements --; Contents --; List of figures --; List of tables --; List of abbreviations --; Chapter 1 Introduction --; Chapter 2 Towards a competition model in Singapore English --; Chapter 3 Gradual contact-induced grammaticalization: The case of already --; Chapter 4 Past tense in Singapore Colloquial English: A reappraisal --; Chapter 5 Recapitulating diachrony? One in Singapore English --; Chapter 6 Absent friends: Discourse and pragmatic markers --; Chapter 7 Synthesis: Lexifier convergence --; Chapter 8 Epilogue --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110785258; 9783111332192; 9783111438047
• ISSN: 2190-698X
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110785258
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Debra Ziegeler.

The study of language contact in the „new" English varieties is frequently influenced by sociolinguistic approaches and reference to substrate languages but much less often to functionally-based contact linguistic theory. In The Influence of the Lexifier, Ziegeler applies grammaticalization and other explanations of language change to many under-researched features of Singapore English, highlighting the role of the co-existing lexifier in the unique contact setting of Singapore.