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Topicalization in Asian Englishes : forms, functions and frequencies of a fronting construction /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Leuckert, Sven, 1989- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.
Series:Routledge studies in world Englishes.
Subjects:
English language > Study and teaching > Asia.
English language > Study and teaching > Foreign countries.
English language > Topic and comment.
English language > Asia.
English language > Foreign countries.
English language > Study and teaching.
English language.
Asia.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Approaching topicalization
  • 3. Topic-prominence in Asian contact languages
  • 4. Development and variety status of four Asian Englishes
  • 5. Corpus analysis: Data basis and methodology
  • 6. Forms, functions, and frequencies of topicalization
  • 7. Explaining topicalization frequencies
  • 8. Conclusion and outlook.