Research Catalog

Title

Comparative studies in Australian and New Zealand English : grammar and beyond / edited by Pam Peters, Peter Collins, Adam Smith.

Publication

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c2009.

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Additional Authors

• Collins, Peter, 1950-
• Peters, Pam.
• Smith, Adam

Description

x, 406 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Summary

"This anthology brings together fresh corpus-based research by international scholars. It contrasts southern and northern hemisphere usage on variable elements of morphology and syntax. The nineteen invited papers include topics such as irregular verb parts, pronouns, modal and quasimodal verbs, the perfect tense, the progressive aspect, and mandative subjunctives. Lexicogrammatical elements are discussed: light verbs (e.g. have a look), informal quantifiers (e.g. heaps of), no-collocations, concord with government and other group nouns, alternative verb complementation (as with help, prevent), zero complementizers and connective adverbs (e.g. however). Selected information-structuring devices are analyzed, e.g. there is/are, like as a discourse marker, final but as a turn-taking device, and swearwords. Australian and New Zealand use of hypocoristics and changes in gendered expressions are also analyzed. The two varieties pattern together in some cases, in others they diverge: Australian English is usually more committed to colloquial variants in speech and writing. The book demonstrates linguistic endonormativity in these two southern hemisphere Englishes."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Varieties of English around the world. General series, 0172-7362 ; v. 39

Uniform Title

Varieties of English around the world. General series ; v. 39.

Subject

• English language > Australia > Grammar
• English language > New Zealand > Grammar
• Grammar, Comparative and general
• Language and culture

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Irregular verbs: regularization and ongoing variability / Pam Peters -- Pronoun forms / Heidi Quinn -- Hypocoristics in New Zealand and Australian English / Dianne Bardsley, Jane Simpson -- Modals and quasi-modals / Peter Collins -- Perfect and the preterite in Australian and New Zealand English / Johan Elsness -- Progressive / Peter Collins -- Mandative subjunctive in spoken English / Pam Peters -- Light verbs in Australian, New Zealand and British English / Adam Smith -- Non-numerical quantifiers / Adam Smith -- From chairman to chairwoman to chairperson: exploring the move from sexist usages to gender neutrality / Janet Holmes, Robert Sigley, Agnes Terraschke
• Concord with collective nouns in Australian and New Zealand English / Marianne Hundt -- No in the lexicogrammar of English / Pam Peters, Yasmin Funk -- Zero complementizer, syntactic context, and regional variety / Kate Kearns -- Infinitival and gerundial complements / Christian Mair -- Commas and connective adverbs / Peter G. Peterson -- Information-packaging constructions / Peter Collins -- Like and other discourse markers / Jim Miller -- Final but in Australian English conversation / Jean Mulder, Sandra A. Thompson, Cara Penry Williams -- Swearing / Keith Allan, Kate Burridge

ISBN

• 9027248990 (alk. paper)
• 9789027248992 (alk. paper)
• 9027289409 (e-book)
• 9789027289407 (e-book)

OCLC

316835847

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library