Topicalization in Asian Englishes: Forms, Functions, and Frequencies of a Fronting Construction

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Cover Half Title Series Information Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Table of contents List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgements Abbreviations 1 Introduction Notes 2 Approaching topicalization 2.1 Topics 2.1.1 Origin and history 2.1.2 Givenness 2.1.3 Aboutness 2.1.4 Defining ‘topic’ 2.2 Topicalization 2.2.1 Establishing a framework for topicalization 2.2.2 An expanded concept of topicalization 2.2.3 Topicalization as a non-canonical construction 2.2.4 Discourse functions of topicalization Emphasis and contrast Topic continuity and topic shifting 2.3 Summary Notes 3 Topic-prominence in Asian contact languages 3.1 Word-order typology 3.2 Li and Thompson’s classification of languages 3.3 Ratings of individual languages and language families 3.3.1 Rating procedure 3.3.2 Indo-Aryan languages Hindi Bangla Marathi 3.3.3 Dravidian languages Telugu Tamil Kannada 3.3.4 Sinitic languages Mandarin Cantonese 3.3.5 Austronesian languages Malay Tagalog 3.4 Summary Notes 4 Development and variety status of four Asian Englishes 4.1 Analysing World Englishes 4.1.1 Earlier models 4.1.2 The Dynamic Model Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Phase 4 Phase 5 Demographics of India The status of IndE IndE in the Dynamic Model Demographics of Singapore The status of SinE SinE in the Dynamic Model Demographics of Hong Kong The status of HKE HKE in the Dynamic Model Demographics of the Philippines The status of PhilE PhilE in the Dynamic Model 4.2 Introducing the varieties 4.2.1 Indian English 4.2.2 Singapore English 4.2.3 Hong Kong English 4.2.4 Philippine English 4.3 Summary Notes 5 Corpus analysis: Data basis and methodology 5.1 The International Corpus of English (ICE) 5.2 Data selection 5.3 Coding and evaluation 5.4 Problematic cases and limitations Notes 6 Forms, functions, and frequencies of topicalization 6.1 Frequencies of topicalization 6.1.1 Direct conversations 6.1.2 Phone calls 6.1.3 Classroom lessons 6.1.4 Comparison 6.2 Forms of topicalization 6.2.1 Constituent form Noun Phrases Adjective Phrases Clauses Prepositional Phrases Adverb Phrases 6.2.2 Information status 6.2.3 Hanging topics 6.3 Functions of topicalization 6.3.1 Syntactic function Direct and indirect objects Subject and object complements Adverbials 6.3.2 Interaction with further syntactic processes 6.3.3 Discourse function Emphasis and contrast Topic continuity and topic shifting Topic persistence 6.4 Summary Notes 7 Explaining topicalization frequencies 7.1 The role of language contact 7.1.1 Forming a hypothesis 7.1.2 Intensity of contact and borrowability 7.1.3 The relation of contact to variety status 7.2 Processes of second-language acquisition 7.2.1 Overview of SLA processes 7.2.2 SLA processes and topicalization 7.3 Topicalization, social identity, and politeness 7.3.1 Social identity and variety status 7.3.2 Topicalization as a politeness strategy 7.4 The multicausal nature of topicalization Notes 8 Conclusion and outlook 8.1 Summary 8.2 Limitations and opportunities for future research References Index