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- Title
Realis, factuality and derived-level statives: Perspectives from the analysis of Singlish got.
- Authors
NOMOTO, Hiroki; LEE, Nala Huiying
- Abstract
This paper provides a comprehensive description and a novel analysis of the temporal meanings of got in Singlish. We argue that the primary role of got is neither tense nor aspect but that of the realis modality, and that temporal meanings follow from got being a realis modality marker. It is suggested that this connection between modal and temporal meanings is enabled by the choice of factuality in defining the realis and the embedding of a situation within a state, which creates 'derived-level statives'. A proper representation of derived-level statives is proposed within the framework of Smith's (1997) two-component theory of aspect.
- Subjects
SINGAPORE; MODALITY (Linguistics); STATIVE verbs (Grammar); SPOKEN English; LANGUAGE &; languages
- Publication
Cahiers Chronos, 2012, Vol 25, p219
- ISSN
1384-5357
- Publication type
Article