Corpus-based Analysis of Verbal and Nominal Reduplication in Colloquial Singapore English

• Authors: Ziomek, Paweł

Abstracts

EN

Reduplication has always been an important subject of morphology and language typology. Cross-linguistic studies have identified 45 functions of reduplication in 108 languages. Total reduplication is recognised as productive and systematic in Colloquial Singapore English (CSE), possibly due to language contact. The paper aims to present the cases of verbal and nominal reduplication in CSE described in the linguistic literature, and juxtapose them with the examples from the Singapore component of the International Corpus of English (ICE-SIN), which seem to be indicative of discrepancies in form and functions.

Keywords

EN

reduplication; corpus study; persuasion; affection; intensification; Colloquial Sinapore English (CSE)

• Publisher: Institute of English Studies, University of Warsaw
• Journal: Anglica. An International Journal of English Studies
• Year: 2020
• Issue: 29/2
• Pages: 55-71

Dates

published

2020

Contributors

author

Ziomek, Paweł

Identifiers

DOI

10.7311/0860-5734.29.2.03

Biblioteka Nauki

888775