Hypothetical modality: grammaticalisation in an L2 dialect
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1. Verfasser: Ziegeler, Debra (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam John Benjamins Pub ©2000
Schriftenreihe:Studies in language companion series v. 51
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-278) and indexes
HYPOTHETICAL MODALITY; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Preamble; Preface; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Hypothetical modality as a grammatical category; Chapter 3. A diachronic corpus study of would; Chapter 4. Singaporean English and substratum influences in the grammaticalisation of hypothetical modality; Chapter 5. The interaction of tense and aspect in the grammaticalisation of counterfactuality; Chapter 6. Hypothetical WILL: A study in retention; Chapter 7. The Lexical Memory Traces Hypothesis; Chapter 8. Conclusions; Appendices; Bibliography; Name Index
This book marks a new development in the field of grammaticalisation studies, in that it extends the field of grammaticalisation studies from relatively homogeneous languages to those possessing well-established and institutionalised second language varieties. In Hypothetical Modality, special reference is made to Singaporean English, a native-speaker L2 dialect of considerable importance in the South-East Asian region, and to the expression in the dialect of hypothetical modality, which appears to be indistinguishable from non-hypothetical modality in terms of the use of preterite or past for
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xx, 287 pages)
ISBN:1556199376
9027230544
9027298718
9781556199370
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