In:Comparative Studies in Australian and New Zealand English: Grammar and beyond
Edited by Pam Peters, Peter Collins and Adam Smith
[Varieties of English Around the World G39] 2009
► pp. v–vi
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Published online: 29 July 2009
https://doi.org/10.1075/veaw.g39.toc
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Table of contents
List of abbreviationsvii
List of contributors
Prologue
Section I. Morphology
Irregular verbs: Regularization and ongoing variability
Pronoun forms
Hypocoristics in New Zealand and Australian English
Section II. Verbs and verb phrases
Modals and quasi-modals
The perfect and the preterite in Australian and New Zealand English
The progressive
The mandative subjunctive in spoken English
Light verbs in Australian, New Zealand and British English
Section III. Nouns and noun phrases
Non-numerical quantifiers
From chairman to chairwoman to chairperson: Exploring the move from sexist usages to gender neutrality
Section IV. Clauses and sentences
Concord with collective nouns in Australian and New Zealand English
No in the lexicogrammar of English
Zero complementizer, syntactic context, and regional variety
Infinitival and gerundial complements
Commas and connective adverbs
Section V. Discourse
Information-packaging constructions
Like and other discourse markers
Final but in Australian English conversation
Swearing
Epilogue
Index
