Nativised Pprepositional verbs in Malaysian English from the perspective of language contact

This study uses a corpus-based approach to explore processes of contact-induced change underlying the use of four nativised prepositional verbs (PrVs) in Malaysian English (ME)-comprise of, demand for, discuss about and discuss on. Located within Winford's (2003) framework of group Second Langu...

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Main Author: Siew, Imm Tan (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pusat Pengajian Bahasa dan Linguistik, FSSK, UKM, 2013.
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