Null Subjects in Englishes : A Comparison of British English and Asian Englishes / Verena Schröter.
By: Schröter, Verena [author.].
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Text Language of document:EnglishSeries: Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] , 102.Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Description: 1 online resource (XIX, 291 p.).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783110649260.Subject(s): English language -- Null subject | English language -- Spoken English -- China -- Hong Kong | English language -- Spoken English -- Great Britain | English language -- Spoken English -- India | English language -- Spoken English -- Singapore | English language -- China -- Hong Kong -- Null subject | English language -- Great Britain -- Null subject | English language -- India -- Null subject | English language -- Singapore -- Null subject | LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General | Language Contact | Syntax | Variationist Sociolinguistics | World EnglishesAdditional physical formats: No title; No titleDDC classification: 420 Online resources: Click here to access online | Click here to access online | Cover Issued also in print.Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- List of Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- Part A: Null subjects in British English -- 2. Null subjects: Theoretical, methodological and descriptive foundations -- 3. Empirical baseline: Null subjects in Spoken British English -- Part B: Null subjects in Asian Englishes -- 4. Asian languages and varieties of English: Theory, description and comparison -- 5. Empirical comparison: Null subjects in Asian Englishes -- 6. Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- Appendix A: Data -- Appendix B: Additional statistics -- Index
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This book presents the first systematic quantitative study of null subjects not only in British English, but also in the contact varieties Indian, Hong Kong and Singapore English. Analysing informal spoken language, it addresses issues relevant for language contact and World Englishes, corpus linguistics and variationist sociolinguistics, linguistic typology and syntax.
Issued also in print.
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In English.
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