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Hypothetical modality : grammaticalisation in an L2 dialect /
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 refer...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; [Great Britain] :
John Benjamins Pub,
©2000.
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| Colección: | Studies in language companion series ;
v. 51. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xx, 287 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-278) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789027298713 9027298718 9781556199370 1556199376 1282162942 9781282162945 |
| ISSN: | 0165-7763 ; |