Comparative Studies In Australian And New Zealand English

Author : Pam Peters,Peter Collins,Adam Smith
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027248992

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Comparative Studies in Australian and New Zealand English by Pam Peters,Peter Collins,Adam Smith Pdf

This anthology brings together fresh corpus-based research by international scholars. It contrasts southern and northern hemisphere usage on variable elements of morphology and syntax. The nineteen invited papers include topics such as irregular verb parts, pronouns, modal and quasimodal verbs, the perfect tense, the progressive aspect, and mandative subjunctives. Lexicogrammatical elements are discussed: light verbs (e.g. "have a look)," informal quantifiers (e.g. "heaps of)," "no"-collocations, concord with "government "and other group nouns, alternative verb complementation (as with "help, prevent)," zero complementizers and connective adverbs (e.g. "however)." Selected information-structuring devices are analyzed, e.g. "there is/are," "like" as a discourse marker, final "but "as a turn-taking device, and swearwords. Australian and New Zealand use of hypocoristics and changes in gendered expressions are also analyzed. The two varieties pattern together in some cases, in others they diverge: Australian English is usually more committed to colloquial variants in speech and writing. The book demonstrates linguistic endonormativity in these two southern hemisphere Englishes.

Author : Australian and New Zealand Association for Canadian Studies. Conference,Peter Crabb,Australian and New Zealand Association for Canadian Studies
Publisher : Sydney : ANZACS
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X000957761

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Theory and Practice in Comparative Studies, Canada, Australia and New Zealand by Australian and New Zealand Association for Canadian Studies. Conference,Peter Crabb,Australian and New Zealand Association for Canadian Studies Pdf

Author : Harold Koch,Rachel Nordlinger
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 523 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2014-08-19
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110279771

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The Languages and Linguistics of Australia by Harold Koch,Rachel Nordlinger Pdf

The Languages and Linguistics of Australia: A Comprehensive Guide is part of the multi-volume reference work on the languages and linguistics of the continents of the world. The volume provides a thorough overview of Australian languages, including their linguistic structures, their genetic relationships, and issues of language maintenance and revitalisation. Australian English, Aboriginal English and other contact varieties are also discussed.

Author : Marianne Hundt
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1998-07-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027275554

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New Zealand English Grammar – Fact or Fiction? by Marianne Hundt Pdf

New Zealand English (NZE) is one of the younger post-colonial varieties of English. It is therefore not surprising that previous research focused on lexical and phonological aspects of NZE and practically neglected grammatical peculiarities. New Zealand English Grammar — Fact or Fiction? presents a careful comparative analysis of parallel corpora of New Zealand, British, American and Australian English in order to single out morphological, syntactic and lexico-grammatical features typical of an emerging New Zealand standard. In addition to corpus data on regional variation, the author uses data on short-term diachronic change within British and American English to show how regional variation is closely related to both stylistic variation (a world-wide colloquialisation of the written norms of English) and ongoing linguistic change leading to temporal regional differences. NZE is different from other national varieties of English in terms of preferences for certain variants rather than categorically different grammatical rules. Nevertheless, it is a standard in its own right in so far as it is a typical mix of variants available in World English. The methodological approach combines both qualitative analyses and statistical evidence. The question in how far statistically significant differences in word frequencies can be shown to be linguistically significant is also relevant for other quantitative research into emerging national standards.

Author : Louisa Willoughby,Howard Manns
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780429671111

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Australian English Reimagined by Louisa Willoughby,Howard Manns Pdf

Australian English is perhaps best known for its colourful slang, but the variety is much richer than slang alone. This collection provides a detailed account of Australian English by bringing together leading scholars of this English variety. These scholars provide a comprehensive overview of Australian English’s distinctive features and outline cutting-edge research into the variation and change of English in Australia. Organised thematically, this volume explores the ways in which Australian English differs from other varieties of English, as well as examining regional, social and stylistic variation within the variety. The volume first explores particular structural features where Australian English differentiates itself from other English varieties. There are chapters on phonetics and phonology, socio-phonetics, lexicon and discourse-pragmatics as these elements are core to understanding any variety of English, especially within the World Englishes paradigm. It then considers what are arguably the most salient aspects of variation within Australian English and finally focuses on historical, attitudinal and planning aspects of Australian English. This volume provides a thorough account of Australian English and its users as complex, diverse and worthy of study. Perhaps more importantly, this volume’s scholars provide a reimagining of Australian English and the paradigm through which future scholars may proceed.

Author : Cara Penry Williams
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780429671166

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Folklinguistics and Social Meaning in Australian English by Cara Penry Williams Pdf

Folklinguistics and Social Meaning in Australian English presents an original study of Australian English and, via this, insights into Australian society. Utilising folklinguistic accounts, it uncovers everyday understandings of contemporary Australian English through variations across linguistic systems (sounds, words, discourse and grammar). Focusing on one variation at time, it explores young speakers’ language use and their evaluations of the same forms. The analysis of talk about talk uncovers ethnic, regional and social Others in social types and prevailing ideologies around Australian English essential for understanding Australian identity-making processes, as well as providing insights and methods relevant beyond this context. These discussions demonstrate that while the linguistic variations may occur in other varieties of English, they are understood through local conceptualisations, and often as uniquely Australian. This book harnesses the value and richness of discourse in explorations of the sociocultural life of language. The findings show that analysis attending to language ideologies and identities can help discover the micro–macro links needed in understanding social meanings. The volume explores a wide range of language features but also provides a deep contemplation of Australian English.

Author : Juana I. Marín-Arrese,Marta Carretero,Jorge Arús Hita,Johan van der Auwera
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 459 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2013-12-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110286328

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English Modality by Juana I. Marín-Arrese,Marta Carretero,Jorge Arús Hita,Johan van der Auwera Pdf

The book presents new issues and areas of work in modality and evidentiality in English(es), and in relation to other European languages (French, Galician, Lithuanian, Spanish). Given the complexity of the relations among modal and evidential expressions, their constant diachronic evolution, and the variation found in different English-speaking areas, and in different genres and discourse domains, the volume addresses the following issues: the conceptual nature of modality, the relationship between the domains of modality and evidentiality, the evolution and current status of the modal auxiliaries and other modal expressions, the relationship with neighbouring grammatical categories (tense, aspect, mood), and the variation in different discourse domains and genres, in modelling stance and discourse identities.

Author : Alexander Bergs,Laurel J. Brinton
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 1168 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2012-10-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110251609

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English Historical Linguistics. Volume 2 by Alexander Bergs,Laurel J. Brinton Pdf

Author : International Association for World Englishes. International Conference
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 459 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027249005

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World Englishes--problems, Properties and Prospects by International Association for World Englishes. International Conference Pdf

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Author : Alexander Bergs,Laurel Brinton
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-23
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110523041

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Varieties of English by Alexander Bergs,Laurel Brinton Pdf

This volume is one of the first detailed expositions of the history of different varieties of English. It explores language variation and varieties of English from an historical perspective, covering theoretical topics such as diffusion and supraregionalization as well as concrete descriptions of the internal and external historical developments of more than a dozen varieties of English including American English, African American Vernacular English, Received Pronunciation, Estuary English, and English in Canada, Africa, India, Wales, among many others.

Author : Joyce Penfield
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1985-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027248657

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Chicano English by Joyce Penfield Pdf

Chicano English can rightly be said to be, in its different varieties, the most widespread ethnic dialect of U.S. English, spoken by large sections of the population in the American Southwest. It represents a type of speech referred to by E. Haugen as a bilingual dialect, having developed out of a stable Spanish-English setting. In their book, the authors provide a comprehensive examination of Chicano English, devoting particular emphasis to the social factors determining its characteristic features and uses. Special attention is given to the question of homogeneity as against ordered variation within Chicano English, to features of pronunciation and grammar, to its communicative functions, to the evaluative attitudes of its speakers and others and, finally, to its uses in literature and the media. In spite of its importance, Chicano English has been insufficiently documented; this monograph is intended to contribute towards redressing the balance.

Author : Peter Collins
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2015-02-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027268907

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Grammatical Change in English World-Wide by Peter Collins Pdf

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.

Author : Lena Zipp
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2014-02-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027270771

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Educated Fiji English by Lena Zipp Pdf

This volume contains a comprehensive corpus-based study of prepositional constructions in written Fiji English. It explores the endo- and exonormative dynamics of norm-giving and norm-developing varieties and contributes to our understanding of structural nativization and variety formation in a multi-ethnic setting. The book provides an account of the sociolinguistic development of English in Fiji against the backdrop of the country's colonial and post-independence history, with special focus on the Indo-Fijian part of the population. Drawing on the written sections of the Indian, Great Britain, New Zealand and preliminary Fiji components of the International Corpus of English, quantitative and qualitative analyses of prepositional phenomena are conducted on the word level (frequency, semantic effects and stylistic variation), phrase level (productivity in verb-particle combinations), and pattern level (prepositions and -ing clauses). The book will be relevant to scholars interested in lexico-grammar, variety and corpus linguistics, and sociolinguistics in general.

Author : Raymond Hickey
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027249012

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Varieties of English in Writing by Raymond Hickey Pdf

This volume is concerned with assessing fictional and non-fictional written texts as linguistic evidence for earlier forms of varieties of English. These range from Scotland to New Zealand, from Canada to South Africa, covering all the major forms of the English language around the world. Central to the volume is the question of how genuine written representations are. Here the emphasis is on the techniques and methodology which can be employed when analysing documents. The vernacular styles found in written documents and the use of these as a window on earlier spoken modes of different varieties represent a focal concern of the book. Studies of language in literature, which were offered in the past, have been revisited and their findings reassessed in the light of recent advances in variationist linguistics.

Author : Andreas Sedlatschek
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2009-04-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027290120

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Contemporary Indian English by Andreas Sedlatschek Pdf

Contemporary Indian English: Variation and Change offers the first comprehensive description of Indian English and its emerging regional standard in a corpus-linguistic framework. Drawing on a wealth of authentic spoken and written data from India (including the Kolhapur Corpus and the International Corpus of English), this book explores the dynamics of variation and change in the vocabulary and grammar of contemporary Indian English. The aims are to document the extent of lexical and grammatical nativization at the beginning of the twenty-first century and compare contemporary Indian English to other varieties around the world (for example British and American English). The results are relevant to sociolinguists, variationists and lexicologists seeking to investigate ongoing language change in emerging standard varieties of English. With its strong empirical foundation and its comparative outlook, the book is also of interest to anyone looking for an introduction to the corpus-based description of varieties of English.