TY  - BOOK
AU  - Peters,Pam
AU  - Collins,Peter
AU  - Smith,Adam
TI  - Comparative studies in Australian and New Zealand English: grammar and beyond 
T2  - Varieties of English around the world. General series,
SN  - 9027248990
AV  - PE3601 .C66 2009
U1  - 427.994 22
PY  - 2009///]
CY  - Amsterdam, Philadelphia
PB  - John Benjamins Pub. Co.
KW  - English language
KW  - Australia
KW  - Grammar
KW  - New Zealand
KW  - Grammar, Comparative and general
KW  - Language and culture
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Prologue / Peter Collins -- Section I. Morphology. Irregular verbs : regularization and ongoing variability / Pam Peters. Pronoun forms / Heidi Quinn. Hypocoristics in New Zealand and Australian English / Dianne Bardsley & Jane Simpson -- Section II. Verbs and verb phrases. Modals and quasi-modals / Peter Collins. The perfect and the preterite in Australian and New Zealand English / Johan Elsness. The progressive / Peter Collins. The mandative subjunctive in spoken English / Pam Peters. Light verbs in Australian, New Zealand and British English / Adam Smith -- Section III. Nouns and noun phrases. Non-numerical quantifiers / Adam Smith. From chairwoman to chairperson : exploring the move from sexist usages to gender neutrality / Janet Holmes, Robert Sigley & Agnes Terraschke -- Section IV. Clauses and sentences. Concord with collective nouns in Australian and New Zealand English / Marianne Hundt. No in the lexicogrammar of English / Pam Peters & Yasmin Funk. Zero complementizer, syntactic context, and regional variety / Kate Kearns. Infinitival and gerundial complements / Christian Mair. Commas and connective adverbs / Peter G. Peterson -- Section V. Discourse. Information-packaging constructions / Peter Collins. Like and other discourse markers / Jim Miller. Final but in Australian English conversation / Jean Mulder, Sandra A. Thompson & Cara Penry Williams. Swearing / Keith Allan & Kate Burridge -- Epilogue / Pam Peters -- --; Prologue; Peter Collins --; Section I; Morphology --; Irregular verbs : regularization and ongoing variability; Pam Peters --; Pronoun forms; Heidi Quinn --; Hypocoristics in New Zealand and Australian English; Dianne Bardsley & Jane Simpson --; Section II; Verbs and verb phrases --; Modals and quasi-modals; Peter Collins --; The perfect and the preterite in Australian and New Zealand English; Johan Elsness --; The progressive; Peter Collins --; The mandative subjunctive in spoken English; Pam Peters --; Light verbs in Australian, New Zealand and British English; Adam Smith --; Section III; Non-numerical quantifiers; Adam Smith --; From chairman to chairwoman to chairperson : exploring the move from sexist usages to gender neutrality; Janet Holmes, Robert Sigley & Agnes Terraschke --; Section IV; Concord with collective nouns in Australian and New Zealand English; Marianne Hundt --; No in the lexicogrammar of English; Pam Peters & Yasmin Funk --; Zero complementizer, syntatic content, and regional variety; Kate Kearns --; Infinitival and gerundial complements; Christine Mair --; Commas and connective adverbs; Peter G. Peterson --; Section V; Information packaging constructions; Peter Collins --; Like and other discourse markers; Jim Miller --; Final but in Australian English conversation; Jean Mulder, Sandra A. Thompson & Cara Penry Williams --; Swearing; Keith Allan & Kate Burridge --; Epilogue; Pam Peters
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