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the Influence of Lexifier: Beyond Grammaticalization Singapore English
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the Influence of Lexifier: Beyond Grammaticalization Singapore English
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the Influence of Lexifier: Beyond Grammaticalization Singapore English
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The study of language contact in the „new" English varieties is frequently influenced by sociolinguistic approaches and reference to substrate languages but much less often to functionally-based contact linguistic theory. In
, Ziegeler applies grammaticalization and other explanations of language change to many under-researched features of Singapore English, highlighting the role of the co-existing lexifier in the unique contact setting of Singapore.