Modality in Contact : Necessity and Obligation in New Englishes - Carmelo Alessandro Basile - Books - De Gruyter - 9783111487144 - September 3, 2024
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Carmelo Alessandro Basile
Modality in Contact : Necessity and Obligation in New Englishes

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This book explores the evolution of modal constructions of necessity and obligation in New Englishes. Focusing on Singapore English, analysis of corpus data reveals lower levels of grammaticalization compared to its lexifier, British English. This trend is explained through the lenses of a “pan-stratist” model, which considers a spectrum of forces influencing the dynamics of contact.

On the one hand, cognitive mechanisms seem to favour the selection of less grammaticalized (and more transparent) variants from the lexifier. On the other hand, the substrate is positioned as a background force, actively contributing to the selection of new material to address functional gaps in the system.

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released September 3, 2024
ISBN13 9783111487144
Publishers De Gruyter
Pages 300
Dimensions 150 × 220 × 20 mm   ·   598 g

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