New Zealand English grammar, fact or fiction? : a corpus-based study in morphosyntactic variation /
New Zealand English (NZE) is one of the younger post-colonial varieties of English. It is therefore not surprising that previous research focused on lexical and phonological aspects of NZE and practically neglected grammatical peculiarities. New Zealand English Grammar - Fact or Fiction? presents a...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
J. Benjamins Pub. Co.,
©1998.
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Colección: | Varieties of English around the world. General series ;
v. 23. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- NEW ZEALAND ENGLISH GRAMMAR FACT OR FICTION? A CORPUS-BASED STUDY IN MORPHOSYNTACTIC VARIATION; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Table of contents; Figures and tables; Abbreviations; Preface; 1. Introduction; 1.1. Previous research; 1.1.1. NZE and its relation to other national varieties; 1.1.2. NZE and language change; 1.1.3. Stylistic variation within NZE; 1.2. Aim and scope of the study; 2. Theoretical and methodological foundations; 2.1. The notion of 'standard' in English; 2.2. International English and national standards.