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ERIC Number: EJ567528
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0883-2919
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Some Syntactic Features of Swazi English.
Arua, Arua E.
World Englishes, v17 n2 p139-51 Jul 1998
Describes some stable syntactic features of Swazi English. Discusses, among others, the use of the modal auxiliary "must," the use of "as to," the conflation of the emphatic "do" with the simple past tense, and dangling modifiers. (Author/JL)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries, Idioms, Language Variation, Oral Language, Structural Analysis (Linguistics), Syntax, Tenses (Grammar), Verbs, Written Language
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Swaziland
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