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This chapter examines the use of the progressive aspect in Black South African English (BSAfE) since the late 19th century in corpora of fiction and newspapers. Previous research points to on-going change in native varieties and the extension to stative contexts in non-native varieties of English. T...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Collins, Peter, 1950-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2015]
Colección:Studies in corpus linguistics ; v. 67.
Temas:
English language > Globalization.
English language > Variation > English-speaking countries.
English language > Variation > Foreign countries.
Linguistic change > Globalization.
Intercultural communication.
Anglais (Langue) > Variation > Anglophonie.
Anglais (Langue) > Variation > Pays étrangers.
Changement linguistique > Mondialisation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > General.
English language > Globalization
English language > Variation
English language > Variation > Foreign countries
Intercultural communication
English-speaking countries
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Sumario:This chapter examines the use of the progressive aspect in Black South African English (BSAfE) since the late 19th century in corpora of fiction and newspapers. Previous research points to on-going change in native varieties and the extension to stative contexts in non-native varieties of English. The findings are: There has been a consistent increase in the frequency of the construction. Stative and achievement verbs are used in the progressive aspect proportionally more often in BSAfE than in native varieties. The progressive with stative verbs encodes states of longer duration alongside the.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789027268907
9027268908
ISSN:1388-0373 ;

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