Topicalization in Asian Englishes: Forms, Functions, and Frequencies of a Fronting Construction - Brossura

Libro 10 di 19: Routledge Studies in World Englishes

Leuckert, Sven

 
9780367662332: Topicalization in Asian Englishes: Forms, Functions, and Frequencies of a Fronting Construction
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ISBN 10: 0367662337 ISBN 13: 9780367662332
Casa editrice: Routledge, 2020

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Shortlisted for the 2020 ESSE Book Award in English Language and Linguistics

This monograph is the first comprehensive study of topicalization in Asian second-language varieties of English and provides an in-depth analysis of the forms, functions, and frequencies of topicalization in four Asian Englishes. Topicalization, that is, the sentence-initial placement of constituents other than the subject, has been found to occur frequently in the English spoken by many Asians, but so far the possible reasons for this have never been scrutinized. This book closes this research gap by taking into account the structures of the major contact languages, the roles of second-language acquisition and politeness as well as other factors in order to explain why topicalization is highly frequent in some varieties such as Indian English and much less frequent in other varieties such as Hong Kong English. In addition to exploring major and minor forces involved in explaining the frequency of topicalization, the forms and functions of the feature are assessed. Central questions addressed in this regard are the following: Which syntactic constituents tend to be topicalized the most and the least frequently? Which discourse effects does topicalization achieve? How can we approach topicalization methodologically? And, lastly, which influence do language processing and production have on topicalization?

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Informazioni sull?autore

Sven Leuckert is a lecturer in the Institute of English and American Studies at the Technical University of Dresden, Germany.

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Editore
Routledge
Data di pubblicazione
2020
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0367662337
ISBN 13 
9780367662332
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero edizione
1
Numero di pagine
240
Contatto del produttore
Taylor and Francis, GPSR Taylor and Francis
gpsr@taylorandfrancis.com

Taylor & Francis Verlag GmbH, Kaufingerstraße 24
München
80331
Germania

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9781138549456: Topicalization in Asian Englishes: Forms, Functions, and Frequencies of a Fronting Construction

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ISBN 10:  1138549452 ISBN 13:  9781138549456
Casa editrice: Routledge, 2019
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