Full Description
Breaking away from previously rigid descriptions of the linguistic system of the English language, Crossing Linguistic Boundaries explores fascinating case studies which refuse to fall neatly within the traditional definitions of linguistic domains and boundaries. Bringing together leading international scholars in English linguistics, this volume focusses on these controversies in relation to seeking to overcome the temporal and geographical limits of the English language.
Approaching tensions in the areas of English phonology and phonetics, pragmatics, semantics, morphology and syntax, chapters discuss not only British and American English but also a wide variety of geographical variants. Containing synchronic and diachronic studies covering different periods in the history of English, Crossing Linguistic Boundaries will appeal to anyone interested in linguistic variation in English.
Contents
Foreword
Introduction (Paloma Núñez-Pertejo, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain; María José López-Couso, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain; Belén Méndez-Naya, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain; Javier Pérez-Guerra, University of Vigo, Spain)
Part I: Tensioning the system
1. Prosodic templates in English idiom and fixed expressions, Raymond Hickey (University of Duisburg and Essen, Germany)
2. Word-search as word-formation? The case of uh and um, Gunnel Tottie (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
3. Demonstratives licensed by cultural co-presence, Ryan B. Doran (University of Regina, Canada) and Gregory Ward (Northwestern University, USA)
4. The fall and rise of English any, Nikolaus Ritt, Andreas Baumann and Christina Prömer (University of Vienna, Austria)
5. Revisiting 'it-extraposition': The historical development of constructions with matrices (it)/(there) be + NP followed by a complement clause, Kristin Davidse (KU Leuven, Belgium) and An Van Linden (University of Liège, Belgium)
6. On grammatical change and linguistic environments, Bert Cornillie (KU Leuven, Belgium)
7. Grammaticalizing adverbs of English: the case of still, Diana Lewis (University of Aix-Marseille, France)
Part II: Synchronic and diachronic variation
8. How British is Gibraltar English? Manfred Krug, Ole Schützler and Valentin Werner (University of Bamberg, Germany)
9. Singular THEY in Asian Englishes: A case of linguistic democratization?, Lucía Loureiro-Porto (University of the Balearic Islands, Spain)
10. It is important that mandatives (should) be studied across different World Englishes and from a construction grammar perspective, Marianne Hundt (University of Zurich, Switzerland).
11. The stative progressive in Singapore English: a panchronic perspective, Debra Ziegeler and Christophe Lenoble (University of Sorbonne Nouvelle-Paris 3, France)
Index
