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Variationist sociolinguistics and corpus-based variationist linguistics: overlap and cross-pollination potential

open access: yesCanadian Journal of Linguistics-revue Canadienne De Linguistique, 2017
Benedikt Szmrecsanyi
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A corpus‐based analysis of adjective amplification in Hong Kong, Indian and Philippine English

open access: yesWorld Englishes, EarlyView.
Abstract This study considers a corpus‐based approach for analysing adjective amplifier systems (very, really, so, etc.) in Hong Kong English (HKE), Indian Englsih (IndE) and Philippine English (PhiE) based on data from the International Corpus of English. The current study adds to existing research by providing insights into the understudied adjective
Martin Schweinberger
wiley   +1 more source

Particle verbs versus simplex verbs in Maldivian English

open access: yesWorld Englishes, EarlyView.
Abstract Notwithstanding current indications that English might soon become the country's dominant L1, the structures of English in the Maldives have—despite laudable exceptions—not yet received sufficient academic attention. The present paper studies the contrast between simplex verbs (e.g.
Tobias Bernaisch   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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