und Amerikanistik
Hamburg Talks on Current Trends in World Englishes
16. Mai 2022, von JH
Public talk: Revisiting the myth of stative progressives in World Englishes
Dr. Paula Rautionaho (University of Eastern Finland)
Tuesday, May 17, 2022
2.15 ‐ 3.45 pm CET ‐ Webinar
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Abstract:
Outer Circle varieties are commonly characterized as having wider use of the stative progressive. With a novel approach to the issue, I argue that we need to refine the term 'wider use' - it is critical that it is understood in the semantic sense of referring to extension to non-delimited contexts, as the sense 'more frequent use of stative progressives in Outer Circle varieties' cannot be confirmed.