Grammatical Change in English World-Wide
Editor
The contributions to this volume apply and extend the techniques of corpus linguistics and diachronic linguistics to the challenge of describing and explaining grammatical change in varieties of English world-wide. The book is divided into two parts, with ten chapters on ‘Inner Circle’ varieties such as Australian, Canadian, and Irish English, and eight on ‘Outer Circle’ varieties such as Philippine, Indian, and Nigerian English. Contributors examine a range of topics including the progressive aspect, modal auxiliaries, do-support, verb morphology, and quotatives, using a wide variety of corpus resources. Overarching research questions addressed include the following: Do diachronic tendencies observed in a particular variety converge with, diverge from, or run in parallel with, those in the parent variety? What are the possible causes of changes observed (e.g. English teaching traditions, Americanisation, internal changes in registers)? This book will appeal to linguists, particularly those interested in grammatical description, corpus linguistics and World Englishes.
[Studies in Corpus Linguistics, 67] 2015. vi, 488 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins
Table of Contents
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IntroductionPeter Collins | pp. 1–12
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PART 1. Inner Circle Englishes
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Diachronic variation in the grammar of Australian English: Corpus-based explorationsPeter Collins | pp. 15–42
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At the crossroads of change: Possession, periphrasis, and prescriptivism in Victoria EnglishAlexandra D'Arcy | pp. 43–64
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Do-support in early New Zealand and Australian EnglishMarianne Hundt | pp. 65–86
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The progressive in Irish English: Looking both ways?John M. Kirk | pp. 87–118
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Cross-variety diachronic drifts and ephemeral regional contrasts: An analysis of modality in the extended Brown family of corpora and what it can tell us about the New EnglishesChristian Mair | pp. 119–146
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Passives of so-called ‘ditransitives’ in nineteenth century and present-day Canadian EnglishMatthias Meyer | pp. 147–178
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Dual adverbs in Australian EnglishPam Peters | pp. 179–204
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The evolution of epistemic marking in West Australian EnglishCeleste Rodríguez Louro | pp. 205–220
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May and might in nineteenth century Irish English and English EnglishMarije van Hattum | pp. 221–246
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The present perfect and the preterite in Australian English: A diachronic perspectiveXinyue Yao | pp. 247–268
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PART 2. Outer Circle Englishes
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Recent diachronic change in the progressive in Philippine EnglishPeter Collins | pp. 271–296
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Linguistic change in a multilingual setting: A case study of quotatives in Indian EnglishJulia Davydova | pp. 297–334
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Patterns of regularisation in British, American and Indian English: A closer look at irregular verbs with t/ed variationBernard De Clerck and Klaar Vanopstal | pp. 335–372
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An apparent time study of the progressive in Nigerian EnglishRobert Fuchs and Ulrike Gut | pp. 373–388
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American influence on written Caribbean English: A diachronic analysis of newspaper reportage in the Bahamas and in Trinidad and TobagoStephanie Hackert and Dagmar Deuber | pp. 389–410
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Cultural keywords in context: A pilot study of linguistic acculturation in South Asian EnglishesJoybrato Mukherjee and Tobias Bernaisch | pp. 411–436
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Recent quantitative changes in the use of modals and quasi-modals in the Hong Kong, British and American printed press: Exploring the potential of Factiva® for the diachronic investigation of World EnglishesDirk Noël and Johan van der Auwera | pp. 437–464
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The development of an extended time period meaning of the progressive in Black South African EnglishBertus van Rooy and Caroline Piotrowska | pp. 465–484
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Index | pp. 485–488
“This volume showcases the merits of a corpus-based diachronic approach to postcolonial varieties of English, and thus extends the view on recent grammatical change in this area.[...] Grammatical change in English world-wide is a highly welcome addition to the field as it represents the first comprehensive effort taking this perspective.[...]The collection succeeds in providing a synopsis of the state of the art in the emerging area of corpus-based diachronic research of postcolonial varieties.”
Valentin Werner, University of Bamberg, in English Language and Linguistics 20(1), (2016)
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CF/2AB: Linguistics/English
Main BISAC Subject
LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General