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The Present Perfect in Non-Native Englishes

A Corpus-Based Study of Variation
  • Julia Davydova
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2011
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This is an innovative study of variation among linguistic items in what has been traditionally described as present perfect contexts. The study offers analyses of new data sets taken from an interestingly diverse set of non-native Englishes. While comprising traditional second-language varieties such as Indian English, Singapore English, East African English in the investigation of the present perfect, the study extends its scope to cover learner varieties of English spoken in Russia and Germany.

The author takes her reader on an amazing variationist journey around the globe, revealing chapter after chapter the commonalities and differences in the patterns of use of the English present perfect and, finally, developing a comprehensive perspective allowing for robust generalisations across numerous data sets.

Moreover, empirical data serves as a baseline for taking a stand on a number of currently debated issues in variationist sociolinguistics, research on second language acquisition as well as research on linguistic complexity. Thus operating on the interface of various linguistic paradigms, the book addresses a vast audience including students of linguistics and researchers with various fields of specialization.

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Julia Davydova, University of Hamburg, Germany.

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    Frontmatter

    I
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    Contents

    V
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    Acknowledgements

    XII
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    1. Introduction

    1
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    2. Non-native varieties of English

    18
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    3. Some theoretical preliminaries

    42
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    4. Towards a theoretical explanation for variation between the present perfect and preterite

    52
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    5. The notion of complexity and the English present perfect

    75
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    6. Metrics of complexity

    101
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    7. Empirical design of the study and methodology

    110
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    8. The reference variety of Standard English English (LLC)

    144
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    9. Acrolectal variety of Indian English (HCNVE)

    160
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    10. Upper-mesolectal variety of Indian English (ICE)

    174
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    11. Mesolectal variety of Indian English (HCNVE)

    192
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    12. Basilectal variety of Indian English (HCNVE)

    205
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    13. Upper-mesolectal variety of East African English (ICE)

    220
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    14. Upper-mesolectal variety of Singapore English (ICE)

    235
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    15. Mesolectal variety of English spoken in Russia (HCNVE)

    257
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    16. Mesolectal variety of English spoken in Germany (HCNVE)

    274
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    17. Developing a bird’s-eye perspective on the variability of the present perfect across non-native Englishes

    291
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    18. Concluding remarks

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    Abbreviations

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    References

    311
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    Corpora

    331
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    Appendix 1

    332
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    Appendix 2

    334
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    Index

    338
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eBook published on:
July 27, 2011
eBook ISBN:
9783110255027
Hardcover published on:
July 21, 2011
Hardcover ISBN:
9783110255010
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Front matter:
13
Main content:
340
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110255027
eBook ISBN: 9783110255027
Hardcover ISBN: 9783110255010
Keywords for this book
Second Language Acquisition; World Englishes; Morphosyntactic Variation; Linguistic Complexity
Audience(s) for this book
Students of Linguistics, Researchers specializing in the Fields of Second Language Acquisition, World Englishes, Morphosyntactic Variation, as well as Linguistic Complexity
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