Getting at GET in World Englishes : a Corpus-Based Semasiological-Syntactic Analysis.
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Author / Creator: | Bruckmaier, Elisabeth. |
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Imprint: | Berlin/Boston : De Gruyter, 2017. |
Description: | 1 online resource (344 pages) |
Language: | English |
Series: | Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] ; v. 95 Topics in English Linguistics TiEL. |
Subject: | Get (The English word) English language -- Semantics. English language -- Etymology. Corpora (Linguistics) LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar & Punctuation. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Syntax. Corpora (Linguistics) English language -- Etymology. English language -- Semantics. Get (The English word) Electronic books. |
Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11676652 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments ; Contents ; Abbreviations ; List of figures ; List of tables ; 1. Introduction ; 1.1 GET: origins and previous research ; 1.2 Aims and overview of the present study ; 2. Theoretical and methodological framework ; 2.1 Models of World Englishes.
- 2.2 The sociolinguistic situation of Jamaica and Singapore 2.3 Database ; 2.4 Methodological stance ; 3. Issues and factors in the variation of GET in World Englishes ; 3.1 Prescriptivism ; 3.2 The colloquial style of GET ; 3.3 Substrate effects.
- 3.4 Effects of second language acquisition 3.5 Influence of the two major standard varieties ; 4. Analysis of surface forms of GET in World Englishes ; 4.1 Token frequencies of GET ; 4.2 Word-forms of GET ; 5. Semasiological-syntactic analysis of GET in World Englishes.
- 5.1 Verb-complementational profile of GET 5.2 Monotransitive and ditransitive GET ; 5.2.1 Theoretical background and hypotheses ; 5.2.2 Results: frequencies and forms ; 5.2.3 Results: meaning ; 5.2.4 Results: mode and genre ; 5.2.5 Summary ; 5.3 GET as a linking verb.
- 5.4 GET-passives 5.4.1 Theoretical background and hypotheses ; 5.4.2 Results: frequencies ; 5.4.3 Results: mode and genre ; 5.4.4 Results: grammaticalisation and meaning ; 5.4.5 Summary ; 5.4.6 Causative GET-passives ; 5.5 GET-existentials.