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Simplicity and Typological Effects in the Emergence of New Englishes : The Noun Phrase in Singaporean and Kenyan English

Authors :
Thomas Brunner
Thomas Brunner
Publication Year :
2017

Abstract

The book is based on a detailed corpus-based investigation of the structure of noun phrases (NPs) in Singaporean English and Kenyan English with the aim of detecting, on the one hand, typological effects from substrate languages and, on the other hand, simplification patterns known to play a role in such varieties.

Subjects

Subjects :
Typology (Linguistics)

Details

Language :
English
ISBNs :
9783110516593, 9783110519549, and 9783110521801
Volume :
00097
Database :
eBook Index
Journal :
Simplicity and Typological Effects in the Emergence of New Englishes : The Noun Phrase in Singaporean and Kenyan English
Publication Type :
eBook
Accession number :
1566044