Bao Zhiming
Biographic Data
| ID | 148164 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bao Zhiming |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bao |
| FAMILY NAME | Zhiming |
| SIGNATURE | ZHIMING B |
| AFFILIATIONS | National University of Singapore |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 62 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Substratum transfer targets grammatical system
10.1017/S0022226712000114
Diglossia and register variation in Singapore English
Colloquial Singapore English is an outer‐circle variety that exhibits contact‐induced linguistic change. It has been characterized as the L variant in diglossic opposition to standard English. In this paper, we address two related issues: (1) the extent to which the Singapore English diglossia is supported by corpus data, and (2) the extent to which the diglossia is reducible to register variation. We investigate the usage pattern of two linguist…
The aspectual system of Singapore English and the systemic substratist explanation
Singapore English is a contact language with a constant linguistic substratum and superstratum. It lends itself to an interesting case study on how linguistic neologisms emerge out of a pool of competing features from the typologically distinct languages active in the contact ecology. This paper investigates the aspectual system of Singapore English and that of Chinese, the main substrate language, and of English, the lexical-source language. Des…
Social stigma and grammatical autonomy in nonnative varieties of English
The spread of English has created a rich array of varieties, which are often grouped into a tripartite division: the ENL, ESL, and EFL of Quirk, or the inner-circle, outer-circle, and expanding-circle of Kachru. These varieties, especially ESL, differ among themselves in both form and function. It is often assumed in the literature that these varieties are autonomous systems of communication. This article challenges this assumption by showing tha…
Syllabic Constituency and Sub-Syllabic Processes
Xianghuang Banner (Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region)
Xianghuang Banner,1 situated in the south of Xilin Gol League and in the center of Inner Mongolia, covers an area of 4,960 km2. East of Xianghuang Banner is Zhengxiangbai Banner, and west is Sonid You Banner; to the south, counties Shangdu and Huade of Ulanqab League, and to the north Sonid Zuo Banner. Hobot Xar, the seat of Xianghuang Banner, is 300 km from Hohhot City, 384 km from Xilinhot City, 201 km from Zhangjiakou City (Hebei Province), 18…
Alreadyin Singapore English
In this article I show thatalreadyin Singapore English expresses two aspectual properties: the completion of an action (perfectivity) or the beginning of an action (inchoativity). The sentenceMy son go to school alreadyis potentially ambiguous: it could mean that my son has already gone to school, or my son now goes to school, having reached the school-going age. The perfective (or completive) use ofalreadyis consistent with its lexical meaning i…
Language and World View in Ancient China
Reply to Professor Hansen
The aspectual system of Singapore English and the systemic substratist explanation
Singapore English is a contact language with a constant linguistic substratum and superstratum. It lends itself to an interesting case study on how linguistic neologisms emerge out of a pool of competing features from the typologically distinct languages active in the contact ecology. This paper investigates the aspectual system of Singapore English and that of Chinese, the main substrate language, and of English, the lexical-source language. Des…
Alreadyin Singapore English
In this article I show thatalreadyin Singapore English expresses two aspectual properties: the completion of an action (perfectivity) or the beginning of an action (inchoativity). The sentenceMy son go to school alreadyis potentially ambiguous: it could mean that my son has already gone to school, or my son now goes to school, having reached the school-going age. The perfective (or completive) use ofalreadyis consistent with its lexical meaning i…
Diglossia and register variation in Singapore English
Colloquial Singapore English is an outer‐circle variety that exhibits contact‐induced linguistic change. It has been characterized as the L variant in diglossic opposition to standard English. In this paper, we address two related issues: (1) the extent to which the Singapore English diglossia is supported by corpus data, and (2) the extent to which the diglossia is reducible to register variation. We investigate the usage pattern of two linguist…
Social stigma and grammatical autonomy in nonnative varieties of English
The spread of English has created a rich array of varieties, which are often grouped into a tripartite division: the ENL, ESL, and EFL of Quirk, or the inner-circle, outer-circle, and expanding-circle of Kachru. These varieties, especially ESL, differ among themselves in both form and function. It is often assumed in the literature that these varieties are autonomous systems of communication. This article challenges this assumption by showing tha…
Substratum transfer targets grammatical system
10.1017/S0022226712000114
Language and World View in Ancient China
Reply to Professor Hansen
Language and World View in Ancient China
Alreadyin Singapore English
In this article I show thatalreadyin Singapore English expresses two aspectual properties: the completion of an action (perfectivity) or the beginning of an action (inchoativity). The sentenceMy son go to school alreadyis potentially ambiguous: it could mean that my son has already gone to school, or my son now goes to school, having reached the school-going age. The perfective (or completive) use ofalreadyis consistent with its lexical meaning i…
Xianghuang Banner (Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region)
Xianghuang Banner,1 situated in the south of Xilin Gol League and in the center of Inner Mongolia, covers an area of 4,960 km2. East of Xianghuang Banner is Zhengxiangbai Banner, and west is Sonid You Banner; to the south, counties Shangdu and Huade of Ulanqab League, and to the north Sonid Zuo Banner. Hobot Xar, the seat of Xianghuang Banner, is 300 km from Hohhot City, 384 km from Xilinhot City, 201 km from Zhangjiakou City (Hebei Province), 18…
Syllabic Constituency and Sub-Syllabic Processes
Social stigma and grammatical autonomy in nonnative varieties of English
The spread of English has created a rich array of varieties, which are often grouped into a tripartite division: the ENL, ESL, and EFL of Quirk, or the inner-circle, outer-circle, and expanding-circle of Kachru. These varieties, especially ESL, differ among themselves in both form and function. It is often assumed in the literature that these varieties are autonomous systems of communication. This article challenges this assumption by showing tha…
The aspectual system of Singapore English and the systemic substratist explanation
Singapore English is a contact language with a constant linguistic substratum and superstratum. It lends itself to an interesting case study on how linguistic neologisms emerge out of a pool of competing features from the typologically distinct languages active in the contact ecology. This paper investigates the aspectual system of Singapore English and that of Chinese, the main substrate language, and of English, the lexical-source language. Des…
Diglossia and register variation in Singapore English
Colloquial Singapore English is an outer‐circle variety that exhibits contact‐induced linguistic change. It has been characterized as the L variant in diglossic opposition to standard English. In this paper, we address two related issues: (1) the extent to which the Singapore English diglossia is supported by corpus data, and (2) the extent to which the diglossia is reducible to register variation. We investigate the usage pattern of two linguist…
Substratum transfer targets grammatical system
10.1017/S0022226712000114
Philosophy (7 works) · Linguistics (6 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · History (4 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (3 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Phonetics and Phonology Research (3 works)