UID:
almahu_9949178869802882
Format:
1 online resource (310 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-282-16294-2
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9786612162947
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90-272-9871-8
Series Statement:
Studies in language companion series, v. 51
Content:
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 forms of modal verbs. Within a grammaticalisation framework, a number of factors can be seen to be relevant to an explanation, including substratum and contact features such as tense/aspect marking, levels of lexical retention as an individual (psychological) phenomenon, and the fact that such dialects have a discontinuity in their development. In addition, the book defines pragmatic approaches to the understanding of hypothetical modality, in both diachronic and synchronic terms.
Note:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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HYPOTHETICAL MODALITY -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Preamble -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Hypothetical modality as a grammatical category -- Chapter 3. A diachronic corpus study of would -- Chapter 4. Singaporean English and substratum influences in the grammaticalisation of hypothetical modality -- Chapter 5. The interaction of tense and aspect in the grammaticalisation of counterfactuality -- Chapter 6. Hypothetical WILL: A study in retention -- Chapter 7. The Lexical Memory Traces Hypothesis -- Chapter 8. Conclusions -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Name Index -- Subject Index -- STUDIES IN LANGUAGE COMPANION SERIES (SLCS).
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-55619-937-6
Additional Edition:
ISBN 90-272-3054-4
Language:
English
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