| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 287 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Studies in language companion series,
0165-7763 ;
v. 51
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Studies in language companion series ; v. 51.
0165-7763
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-278) and indexes. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Modality (Linguistics)
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Modality (Linguistics) |
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Grammaticalization.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Grammaticalization. |
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English language -- Modality.
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English language -- Modality. |
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Second language acquisition.
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Second language acquisition. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ziegeler, Debra. Hypothetical modality. Amsterdam ; [Great Britain] : John Benjamins Pub, ©2000 (DLC) 99462178 |
| ISBN |
9789027298713 (electronic book) |
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9027298718 (electronic book) |
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9781556199370 (alkaline paper) |
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1556199376 (alkaline paper) |
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1282162942 |
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9781282162945 |
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1556199376 |
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9027230544 (Europe) |
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