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Englishes around the world. studies in honour of Manfred Görlach / Volume 1, General studies, British Isles, North America :

The two volumes of Englishes around the World present high-quality original research papers written in honour of Manfred Görlach, founder and editor of the journal English World-Wide and the book series Varieties of English Around the World. The papers thematically focus on the field that Manfred G...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Görlach, Manfred (honouree.), Schneider, Edgar W. (Edgar Werner), 1954- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., [1997]
Colección:Varieties of English around the world. General series ; v. 18.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • ENGLISHES AROUND THE WORLD 1; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; FOR MANFRED GORLACH ON THE OCCASION OF HIS 60TH BIRTHDAY; PUBLICATIONS BY MANFRED GORLACH; Books:; Forthcoming books:; Volumes edited:; Founder and editor of:; Articles:; Forthcoming articles:; Reviews and notes:; INTRODUCTION; Acknowledgments; TYPES OF ENGLISH HETERONYMS; ZERO COMING TO NAUGHT; References; THE PROGRESSIVE AND HABITUAL ASPECTS IN NON-STANDARD ENGLISHES; 1. Introduction; 2. The progressive aspect; 2.1. The extensive use of being
  • 2.2. Locative express ions of the progressive aspect 2.3. Do as a progressive marker; 3. The habitual aspect; 3.1. Preliminaries; 3.2. From the progressive aspect to the imperfective; 3.3. Be + -ins as a habitual marker; 3.4. Do_ as a habitual marker; 4. Conclusion; References; COLONISATION, MIGRATION, AND FUNCTIONS OF ENGLISH; 1. Non-native varieties; 2. How English moved; 3. How English is used; 4. Conclusion; References; BRITISH ENGLISH AND INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH-TWO DEBATABLE TERMS; References; PASSIVE-LIKE CONSTRUCTIONS IN ENGLISH-BASED AND OTHER CREOLES; 1. Introduction
  • 2. Creole structures (largely) parallel to European passives 3. Passive equivalents; 3.1. Semantic passivization of transitive verbs; 3.2. They' passive equivalent; 3.3. Non-Atlantic Creoles with unrelated passive constructions; 4. Conclusions; References; A SUB-TEXT OF THE SIXTIES; THE UNKNOWN ENGLISHES? TESTING GERMAN STUDENTS' ABILITY TO IDENTIFY VARIETIES OF ENGLISH; 1. Introduction; 2. Testing German students: the project; 2.1. Collecting data; 2.2. The tape; 2.3. Evaluating the answers; 2.4. Characterization of the individual recordings; 3. Results; 4. Discussion; 5. Conclusion
  • 3.3. Meaning 3 4. Use; 3.5. Morphological relations; 4. Conclusion; Abbreviations; AYRSHIRE AS A LINGUISTIC AREA; 1. Introduction; 2. Data and methodology; 3. Results; 4. Conclusion; References; Appendix; THE SPELLING OF SCOTS: A DIFFICULTY; References; MA LANGUAGE IS DISGRACEFUL: TOM LEONARD'S GLASGOW DIALECT POEMS; References; THE REDISCOVERY OF THE ULSTER SCOTS LANGUAGE; 1. Introduction; 2. Language vs. dialect; 3. Ulster Scots and Ulster English; 4. History; 5. Literary documents; 6. Recent events; 7. Implications; References; ON SOME PLANT NAMES IN BRITAIN AND BEYOND; Abbreviations