Relative clauses in Philippine English: A diachronic perspective

• Main Authors: Collins, Peter, Yao, Xinyue, Borlongan, Ariane
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2014
• Subjects: English language > Philippines; English language—Relative clauses; Other English Language and Literature
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/3831; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/faculty_research/article/4833/type/native/viewcontent/9789401211130_008.html
• Institution: De La Salle University

This paper explores aspects of diachronic change in a non-native variety of English, Philippine English. It uses the Philippine section of the International Corpus of English (sampling period early 1990s) and a new corpus 'Phil-Brown', parallel in its design and sampling date (early 1960s)...