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

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