Kiasu
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Kiasu. / Jensen, Kim Ebensgaard.
I: Ny forskning i grammatik, Bind 27, 21.10.2020, s. 22-37.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › fagfællebedømt
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Kiasu
AU - Jensen, Kim Ebensgaard
PY - 2020/10/21
Y1 - 2020/10/21
N2 - This paper presents a study of usage patterns of the word kiasu in the GloWbE corpus of World Englishes. Kiasu has been borrowed from Hokkien into Singaporean and Malaysian English as a linguistic ‘glocalization’ process enabling speakers to verbalize an important local cultural schema. A grammatical profile is set up that draws on the techniques of grammatical profiling and constructional profiling. While patterns can be identified and linked up with specific construals of the underlying cultural schema, the study ultimately also questions the validity of the parts-of-speech classes that traditional English grammarians operate with.
AB - This paper presents a study of usage patterns of the word kiasu in the GloWbE corpus of World Englishes. Kiasu has been borrowed from Hokkien into Singaporean and Malaysian English as a linguistic ‘glocalization’ process enabling speakers to verbalize an important local cultural schema. A grammatical profile is set up that draws on the techniques of grammatical profiling and constructional profiling. While patterns can be identified and linked up with specific construals of the underlying cultural schema, the study ultimately also questions the validity of the parts-of-speech classes that traditional English grammarians operate with.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - World Englishes
KW - Singaporean English
KW - Malaysian English
KW - corpus linguistics
KW - grammatical profiling
KW - cultural linguistics
KW - grammar
KW - English grammar
M3 - Journal article
VL - 27
SP - 22
EP - 37
JO - Ny forskning i grammatik
JF - Ny forskning i grammatik
SN - 1902-1291
ER -
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