Non-Canonical English Syntax
concepts, methods, and approaches
$421.80
- Hardcover
320 pages
- Release Date
31 July 2025
Summary
Unconventional English: Exploring Non-Canonical Syntax
The term “non-canonical syntax” generally refers to deviations from typical word order, representing a fascinating phenomenon in natural language. This book, featuring contributions from renowned scholars, presents a range of case studies on non-canonical syntax across historical, register-based, and non-native varieties of English.
Each chapter investigates a different non-canonical construction and assesses its “non-ca…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781108836128 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1108836127 |
| Series: | Studies in English Language |
| Author: | Sven Leuckert, Teresa Pham |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Imprint: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 31 July 2025 |
| Weight: | 0g |
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About The Author
Sven Leuckert
Sven Leuckert is a Research Associate and Post-Doc at Technische Universität Dresden, Germany. His publications include Topicalization in Asian Englishes (Routledge, 2019) and Indian Englishes in the Twenty-First Century (with Lange, Bernaisch, and Yurchenko, CUP, 2023).
Teresa Pham is a Research Assistant and Post-Doc at the University of Vechta, Germany. Her notable publications include Intertextuelle Referenzen auf Shakespeare (2014) and, with Leuckert, she led the scientific network ‘Syntax Beyond the Canon’, funded by the German Research Foundation.
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