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Simplicity and typological effects in the emergence of new Englishes : the noun phrase in Singaporean and Kenyan English /

The future of English linguistics as envisaged by the editors of Topics in English Linguistics lies in empirical studies which integrate work in English linguistics into general and theoretical linguistics on the one hand, and comparative linguistics on the other. The TiEL series features volumes th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brunner, Thomas (Autor)
Otros Autores: Traugott, Elizabeth Closs (Editor ), Kortmann, Bernd, 1960- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin/Boston : De Gruyter, 2017.
Colección:Topics in English linguistics ; v. 97.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; Part A: New Englishes and the Structure of NPs; 2. New Varieties of English; 3. Modelling language change in New Englishes; 4. Kenyan and Singaporean English; 5. The English NP
  • structure and variation; Part B: NPs in Kenyan English and Singaporean English; 6. Methodology, corpus handling and statistics; 7. Studying NP modification in Singaporean English and Kenyan English; 8. Conclusion; Bibliography; Appendix A; Appendix B.