Getting at GET in World Englishes : a Corpus-Based Semasiological-Syntactic Analysis.

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Bruckmaier, Elisabeth

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TextSeries: Topics in English Linguistics TiELPublication details: Berlin/Boston : De Gruyter, 2017.Description: 1 online resource (344 pages)Content type:

text

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9783110497311
311049731X
9783110497328
3110497328
9783110493573
3110493578

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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.

Summary: The future of English linguistics as envisaged by the editors of Topics in English Linguistics lies in empirical studies which integrate work in English linguistics into general and theoretical linguistics on the one hand, and comparative linguistics on the other. The TiEL series features volumes that present interesting new data and analyses, and above all fresh approaches that contribute to the overall aim of the series, which is to further outstanding research in English linguistics.

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5.5.1 Theoretical background and hypotheses.

The future of English linguistics as envisaged by the editors of Topics in English Linguistics lies in empirical studies which integrate work in English linguistics into general and theoretical linguistics on the one hand, and comparative linguistics on the other. The TiEL series features volumes that present interesting new data and analyses, and above all fresh approaches that contribute to the overall aim of the series, which is to further outstanding research in English linguistics.