Modality in Contact : Necessity and Obligation in New Englishes /
This book explores the evolution of modal constructions of necessity and obligation in New Englishes. Focusing on Singapore English, analysis of corpus data reveals lower levels of grammaticalization compared to its lexifier, British English. This trend is explained through the lenses of a "pan...
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| Language: | English |
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Berlin ; Boston :
De Gruyter Mouton,
[2024]
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| Series: | Language contact and bilingualism ;
36. |
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