Comparative Studies in Australian and New Zealand English

Comparative Studies in Australian and New Zealand English
Title Comparative Studies in Australian and New Zealand English PDF eBook
Author Pam Peters
Publisher John Benjamins Publishing
Pages 419
Release 2009-01-01
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 9027248990

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This anthology brings together fresh corpus-based research by international scholars. It contrasts southern and northern hemisphere usage on variable elements of morphology and syntax. The nineteen invited papers include topics such as irregular verb parts, pronouns, modal and quasimodal verbs, the perfect tense, the progressive aspect, and mandative subjunctives. Lexicogrammatical elements are discussed: light verbs (e.g. "have a look)," informal quantifiers (e.g. "heaps of)," "no"-collocations, concord with "government "and other group nouns, alternative verb complementation (as with "help, prevent)," zero complementizers and connective adverbs (e.g. "however)." Selected information-structuring devices are analyzed, e.g. "there is/are," "like" as a discourse marker, final "but "as a turn-taking device, and swearwords. Australian and New Zealand use of hypocoristics and changes in gendered expressions are also analyzed. The two varieties pattern together in some cases, in others they diverge: Australian English is usually more committed to colloquial variants in speech and writing. The book demonstrates linguistic endonormativity in these two southern hemisphere Englishes.

World Englishes--problems, Properties and Prospects

World Englishes--problems, Properties and Prospects
Title World Englishes--problems, Properties and Prospects PDF eBook
Author International Association for World Englishes. International Conference
Publisher John Benjamins Publishing
Pages 459
Release 2009
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 9027249008

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The Languages and Linguistics of Australia

The Languages and Linguistics of Australia
Title The Languages and Linguistics of Australia PDF eBook
Author Harold Koch
Publisher Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Pages 473
Release 2014-08-19
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 3110395126

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The Languages and Linguistics of Australia: A Comprehensive Guide is part of the multi-volume reference work on the languages and linguistics of the continents of the world. The volume provides a thorough overview of Australian languages, including their linguistic structures, their genetic relationships, and issues of language maintenance and revitalisation. Australian English, Aboriginal English and other contact varieties are also discussed.

Chicano English

Chicano English
Title Chicano English PDF eBook
Author Joyce Penfield
Publisher John Benjamins Publishing
Pages 123
Release 1985-01-01
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 9027248656

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Chicano English can rightly be said to be, in its different varieties, the most widespread ethnic dialect of U.S. English, spoken by large sections of the population in the American Southwest. It represents a type of speech referred to by E. Haugen as a bilingual dialect, having developed out of a stable Spanish-English setting. In their book, the authors provide a comprehensive examination of Chicano English, devoting particular emphasis to the social factors determining its characteristic features and uses. Special attention is given to the question of homogeneity as against ordered variation within Chicano English, to features of pronunciation and grammar, to its communicative functions, to the evaluative attitudes of its speakers and others and, finally, to its uses in literature and the media. In spite of its importance, Chicano English has been insufficiently documented; this monograph is intended to contribute towards redressing the balance.

Changing English

Changing English
Title Changing English PDF eBook
Author Markku Filppula
Publisher Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Pages 343
Release 2017-10-10
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 3110429764

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This book examines the special nature of English both as a global and a local language, focusing on some of the ongoing changes and on the emerging new structural and discoursal characteristics of varieties of English. Although it is widely recognised that processes of language change and contact bear affinities, for example, to processes observable in second-language acquisition and lingua franca use, the research into these fields has so far not been sufficiently brought into contact with each other. The articles in this volume set out to combine all these perspectives in ways that give us a better understanding of the changing nature of English in the modern world.

Mapping Unity and Diversity World-Wide

Mapping Unity and Diversity World-Wide
Title Mapping Unity and Diversity World-Wide PDF eBook
Author Marianne Hundt
Publisher John Benjamins Publishing
Pages 310
Release 2012-03-07
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 9027274940

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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 qualitative corpus analyses in comparative studies of New Englishes and exemplify novel approaches, e.g. the contribution of syntactic corpus annotation (tagging and parsing) to the description of New English structures; the use (and limitations) of web-derived data as an additional source of information; and the possibility to complement corpus data with evidence from sociolinguistic fieldwork.

Re-assessing the Present Perfect

Re-assessing the Present Perfect
Title Re-assessing the Present Perfect PDF eBook
Author Valentin Werner
Publisher Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Pages 324
Release 2016-09-12
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 3110435322

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It is a well-known fact that the area of the present perfect has always been a hotly contested ground, but recent corpus analyses have shown that grammatical variation in this realm in English is far more pervasive than previously assumed. This volume is the first ever book-length treatment dedicated to corpus-based work on the present perfect. It offers fresh theoretical insights resting on a solid empirical footing and investigates central aspects of language contact and change, grammaticalization, typology, and dialect formation. It sheds light on this morphosyntactic area from different angles, as it comprises both diachronic and synchronic viewpoints. Contributions explore variation in the expression of perfect meaning and the multifunctionality of perfect forms in a number of native and non-native varieties, thus going beyond the traditional British/American English paradigm, while a second focus lies on cross-variety comparisons. Bringing together the knowledge of leading experts in the field, this book represents the state of the art in data-driven research on the present perfect and will be of interest for those working in the fields of language variation and change, corpus linguistics, sociolinguistics, and typology.