How to trace structural nativization

Particle verbs in world Englishes

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2264819
AutoresEdgar W Schneider (0000-0002-8691-8765, University of Regensburg, autor de correspondencia)
Año2004
Volumen23
Número2
Páginas227-249
Fecha de publicación2004-05-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaWorld Englishes (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0883-2919 • E-ISSN: 1467-971X
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.0883-2919.2004.00348.x
OpenAlexW2072772823
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas23
Referencias citadas28

This paper examines particle or "multi-word" verbs in five ICE corpora: East Africa, Great Britain, India, the Philippines and Singapore. It begins with the hypothesis that particle verbs can develop variety-specific properties in several areas, including incidence and frequency of use, structural behavior, and productivity range. Systematic differences were found between the varieties under investigation. In particular, Singapore English was found to exhibit not only the highest frequency of particle verbs, but also the widest range of types in its structural uses and its formal and semantic creativity. In the case of certain particle verbs, it was found that certain forms and meanings predominate in specific countries, although the limited size of the datasets, and the consequent low frequencies of individual particle verbs, makes generalization difficult

Biology · Economics · Generalization · Linguistics · Particle (ecology · Productivity · Range (aeronautics · Varieties of English · Variety (cybernetics · World Englishes · Computer Science · Gender Studies in Language · History · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Mathematics · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy · Artificial Intelligence · Ecology