Chapter 4 Past tense in Singapore Colloquial English: A reappraisal

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface and acknowledgements V
3. Contents VII
4. List of figures XI
5. List of tables XIII
6. List of abbreviations XV
7. Chapter 1 Introduction 1
8. Chapter 2 Towards a competition model in Singapore English 19
9. Chapter 3 Gradual contact-induced grammaticalization: The case of already 51
10. Chapter 4 Past tense in Singapore Colloquial English: A reappraisal 94
11. Chapter 5 Recapitulating diachrony? One in Singapore English 127
12. Chapter 6 Absent friends: Discourse and pragmatic markers 177
13. Chapter 7 Synthesis: Lexifier convergence 222
14. Chapter 8 Epilogue 248
15. References 253
16. Index 275