Hypothetical modality : grammaticalisation in an L2 dialect /

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Author / Creator:	Ziegeler, Debra.
Imprint:	Amsterdam ; [Great Britain] : John Benjamins Pub, ©2000.
Description:	1 online resource (xx, 287 pages) : illustrations.
Language:	English
Series:	Studies in language companion series, 0165-7763 ; v. 51 Studies in language companion series ; v. 51.
Subject:	Modality (Linguistics) Grammar, Comparative and general -- Grammaticalization. English language -- Modality. Second language acquisition. English language -- Modality. Grammar, Comparative and general -- Grammaticalization. Modality (Linguistics) Second language acquisition. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11144914

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ISBN:	9789027298713 9027298718 9781556199370 1556199376 1282162942 9781282162945 1556199376 9027230544
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-278) and indexes. Print version record.
Summary:	This book marks a new development in the field of grammaticalisation studies, in that it extends the field of grammaticalisation studies from relatively homogeneous languages to those possessing well-established and institutionalised second language varieties. In Hypothetical Modality, special reference is made to Singaporean English, a native-speaker L2 dialect of considerable importance in the South-East Asian region, and to the expression in the dialect of hypothetical modality, which appears to be indistinguishable from non-hypothetical modality in terms of the use of preterite or past for.
Other form:	Print version: Ziegeler, Debra. Hypothetical modality. Amsterdam ; [Great Britain] : John Benjamins Pub, ©2000

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