Hypothetical Modality : Grammaticalisation in an L2 Dialect
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| Title: | Hypothetical Modality : Grammaticalisation in an L2 Dialect |
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| Description: | 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. |
| Authors: | Ziegeler, Debra |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | English language--Modality, Second language acquisition, Modality (Linguistics), Grammar, Comparative and general--Grammaticalization |
| Categories: | LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | 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. |
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| ISBN: | 9789027230546 9789027298713 |
