Converging Grammars

Constructions in Singapore English
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-61451-571-5
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, 294 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 616 g

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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 are illustrated in which the possibility of a 'merger'-construction is offered to resolve such problems. The book is intended for students of construction theories, variation studies, or any researcher of contact grammars

Zielgruppe

Researchers in Sociolinguistics and Language Contact

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ziegeler, Debra

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Grammatik, Syntax, Morphologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachkontaktforschung
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Dialektologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Einzelne Sprachen & Sprachfamilien

Über Autor(innen)

Debra Ziegeler, University Sorbonne, Paris, France.