Claire Cowie
List of John Benjamins publications for which Claire Cowie plays a role.
Journal
ISSN 0172-8865 | E-ISSN 1569-9730
Title
English Historical Linguistics: Change in structure and meaning. Papers from the XXth ICEHL
Edited by Bettelou Los, Claire Cowie, Patrick Honeybone and Graeme Trousdale
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 358] 2022. viii, 349 pp.
Subjects English linguistics | Germanic linguistics | Historical linguistics
Articles
2021 Conflicts between World Englishes: Online metalinguistic discourse about Singapore Colloquial English English World-Wide 42:1, pp. 85–110
Negative attitudes of non-Singaporeans towards Singapore Colloquial English (SCE) are often used to support the “Speak Good English Movement” in Singapore. This article examines spontaneous metalinguistic discourse about SCE in an online Facebook group where Taiwanese migrants in Singapore gather… read more | Article
2017 Phonetic convergence towards American English by Indian agents in international service encounters English World-Wide 38:3, pp. 244–274
In outsourced voice-based services (call centres are a typical example), an agent providing a service is likely to accommodate their speech to that of the customer. In services outsourced to India, as in other postcolonial settings, the customer accent typically does not have a place in that… read more | Article
2000 The Discourse Motivations for Neologising: Action Nominalization in the History of English Lexicology, Semantics and Lexicography: Selected papers from the Fourth G. L. Brook Symposium, Manchester, August 1998, Coleman, Julie and Christian Kay (eds.), pp. 179 ff.
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