Crossing linguistic boundaries : systemic, synchronic and diachronic variation in English /: systemic, synchronic and diachronic variation in English. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Paloma Núñez-Pertejo, María José López-Couso, Belén Méndez-Naya, Javier Pérez-Guerra.
• Editors: Núñez Pertejo, Paloma; López-Couso, María José; Méndez-Naya, Belén; Pérez-Guerra, Javier
• Contents: ForewordIntroduction (Paloma Núñez-Pertejo, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain; María José López-Couso, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain; Belén Méndez-Naya, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain; Javier Pérez-Guerra, University of Vigo, Spain)Part I: Tensioning the system1. Prosodic templates in English idiom and fixed expressions, Raymond Hickey (University of Duisburg and Essen, Germany)2. Word-search as word-formation? The case of uh and um, Gunnel Tottie (University of Zurich, Switzerland)3. Demonstratives licensed by cultural co-presence, Ryan B. Doran (University of Regina, Canada) and Gregory Ward (Northwestern University, USA)4. The fall and rise of English any, Nikolaus Ritt, Andreas Baumann and Christina Prömer (University of Vienna, Austria)5. Revisiting 'it-extraposition': The historical development of constructions with matrices (it)/(there) be + NP followed by a complement clause, Kristin Davidse (KU Leuven, Belgium) and An Van Linden (University of Liège, Belgium)6. On grammatical change and linguistic environments, Bert Cornillie (KU Leuven, Belgium)7. Grammaticalizing adverbs of English: the case of still, Diana Lewis (University of Aix-Marseille, France)Part II: Synchronic and diachronic variation8. How British is Gibraltar English? Manfred Krug, Ole Schützler and Valentin Werner (University of Bamberg, Germany)9. Singular THEY in Asian Englishes: A case of linguistic democratization?, Lucía Loureiro-Porto (University of the Balearic Islands, Spain)10. It is important that mandatives (should) be studied across different World Englishes and from a construction grammar perspective, Marianne Hundt (University of Zurich, Switzerland).11. The stative progressive in Singapore English: a panchronic perspective, Debra Ziegeler and Christophe Lenoble (University of Sorbonne Nouvelle-Paris 3, France)Index.
• Publisher Details: London : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (288 pages)
• Subjects: 427; English language -- Variation
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781350053878; 1350053872
• Related ISBNs: 9781350053854
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