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The paper looks first at the concept of standard in contemporary English. Then it signals a few deviations from standard English, such as the third conditional, which together with other grammatically non-standard structures co-exist with... more
The paper looks first at the concept of standard in contemporary English. Then it signals a few deviations from standard English, such as the third conditional, which together with other grammatically non-standard structures co-exist with the standard ones in the spoken register, but can also be found on the Web and in the media. Both the Web and the media favour the inclusion and possible spread of non-standard features, and thus they represent valuable language databases to be researched.
Please feel free to contact me if you should experience problems getting hold of one or more of my publications. This is a collection of papers presented at the conference «Anglo-German Linguistic Relations», held at Queen Mary,... more
Please feel free to contact me if you should experience problems getting hold of one or more of my publications.
This is a collection of papers presented at the conference «Anglo-German Linguistic Relations», held at Queen Mary, University of London in November 2007. The papers cover a wide variety of topics about the relationship between the English and German languages or relate to cultural and literary contacts between English-speaking and German-speaking regions. Individual papers discuss Anglo-German linguistic interplay and affinities both as contemporary phenomena and from a historical perspective. Themes include codification, translation and discourse production from the 17th century to the Second World War; shared metaphors in English and German; political propaganda in English and German; and authorial positioning and perspective in a selection of autobiographical and literary works.
Contributors: Ulrich Busse, Andreas Musolff, Markus Oliver Spitz, Fredericka van der Lubbe, Astrid Ensslin, Wim Vandenbussche, Geraldine Horan, Felicity Rash, Hanne Boenisch, Tamar Steinitz, Falco Pfalzgraf
This is a collection of papers presented at the conference «Anglo-German Linguistic Relations», held at Queen Mary, University of London in November 2007. The papers cover a wide variety of topics about the relationship between the English and German languages or relate to cultural and literary contacts between English-speaking and German-speaking regions. Individual papers discuss Anglo-German linguistic interplay and affinities both as contemporary phenomena and from a historical perspective. Themes include codification, translation and discourse production from the 17th century to the Second World War; shared metaphors in English and German; political propaganda in English and German; and authorial positioning and perspective in a selection of autobiographical and literary works.
Contributors: Ulrich Busse, Andreas Musolff, Markus Oliver Spitz, Fredericka van der Lubbe, Astrid Ensslin, Wim Vandenbussche, Geraldine Horan, Felicity Rash, Hanne Boenisch, Tamar Steinitz, Falco Pfalzgraf
The paper looks at the nonstandard, so called 'plupluperfect', construction If [Subject] had have [past participle]. Based on inquieries in WebCorp and the BNC and COCA, the paper shows the relative incidence of this construction in the... more
The paper looks at the nonstandard, so called 'plupluperfect', construction If [Subject] had have [past participle]. Based on inquieries in WebCorp and the BNC and COCA, the paper shows the relative incidence of this construction in the available corpora. The investigation concludes that the construction is more likely to be found in Internet texts and communications. This prompts a brief discussion on the general nature of Internet language and its main characteristics. Moreover, taking into consideration the morpho-syntactic make-up of the construction, certain theories about its occurrence are presented. It is also noted that the construction is by no means new, having been attested centuries ago. Thus, the paper tries to tie in history with present-day trends in language and linguistics.
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