Revisiting the myth of stative progressives in world Englishes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18989152 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paula Rautionaho (0000-0002-5239-8407, School of Humanities University of Eastern Finland, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 183-206 |
| Publication date | 2022-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | World Englishes (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0883-2919 • E-ISSN: 1467-971X |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/weng.12520 |
| OpenAlex | W3144973813 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 43 |
Outer Circle varieties are commonly characterized as having wider use of the stative progressive; however, studies making this claim often fail to account for regional differences in verb‐phrase density. The present study remedies the methodological problem by focusing on the progressive vs. non‐progressive alternation, subjecting the data to a series of statistical analyses. The results indicate that we need to refine the term ‘wider use’ – it is critical that it is understood in the semantic sense of referring to extension to non‐delimited contexts, as the sense ‘more frequent use of stative progressives in Outer Circle varieties’ is not confirmed. Rather, the frequency data, the attraction patterns, and the alternation patterns all indicate that Indian English (IndE) differs from the other varieties investigated, including the other Outer Circle varieties, Singaporean (SgE), and Hong Kong (HKE)
Indian English · Linguistics · Mythology · Noun phrase · Phrase · Sociology · Verb · Verb phrase · World Englishes · History · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
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| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |