Nikolas Gisborne

List of John Benjamins publications for which Nikolas Gisborne plays a role.

Titles

Theory and Data in Cognitive Linguistics

Edited by Nikolas Gisborne and Willem B. Hollmann

[Benjamins Current Topics, 67] 2014. v, 262 pp.
Subjects Cognition and language | Cognitive linguistics | Historical linguistics | Theoretical linguistics

Theory and data in cognitive linguistics

Edited by Nikolas Gisborne and Willem B. Hollmann

Special issue of Studies in Language 36:3 (2012) v, 258 pp.
Subjects Functional linguistics | Theoretical linguistics | Typology

The Typology of Asian Englishes

Edited by Lisa Lim and Nikolas Gisborne

[Benjamins Current Topics, 33] 2011. vii, 120 pp.
Subjects Contact Linguistics | English linguistics | Historical linguistics | Syntax | Typology

The Typology of Asian Englishes

Edited by Lisa Lim and Nikolas Gisborne

Special issue of English World-Wide 30:2 (2009) 124 pp.
Subjects Germanic linguistics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology

Articles

Gisborne, Nikolas 2014 The semantics of definite expressions and the grammaticalization of THETheory and Data in Cognitive Linguistics, Gisborne, Nikolas and Willem B. Hollmann (eds.), pp. 141–183 | Article
This chapter explores the claim that definite expressions involve universal and existential quantification from the point of view of Word Grammar, in order to establish whether the quantificational view of definiteness is compatible with a particular cognitive theory of language, and to see how it… read more
Gisborne, Nikolas and Willem B. Hollmann 2014 Theory and data in cognitive linguisticsTheory and Data in Cognitive Linguistics, Gisborne, Nikolas and Willem B. Hollmann (eds.), pp. 1–14 | Article
Gisborne, Nikolas 2012 The semantics of definite expressions and the grammaticalization of THETheory and data in cognitive linguistics, Gisborne, Nikolas and Willem B. Hollmann (eds.), pp. 603–644 | Article
This paper explores the claim that definite expressions involve universal and existential quantification from the point of view of Word Grammar, in order to establish whether the quantificational view of definiteness is compatible with a particular cognitive theory of language, and to see how it… read more
Gisborne, Nikolas and Willem B. Hollmann 2012 Theory and data in cognitive linguisticsTheory and data in cognitive linguistics, Gisborne, Nikolas and Willem B. Hollmann (eds.), pp. 463–476 | Article
Gisborne, Nikolas 2011 Aspects of the morphosyntactic typology of Hong Kong EnglishThe Typology of Asian Englishes, Lim, Lisa and Nikolas Gisborne (eds.), pp. 27–48 | Chapter
Lim, Lisa and Nikolas Gisborne 2011 The typology of Asian Englishes: Setting the agendaThe Typology of Asian Englishes, Lim, Lisa and Nikolas Gisborne (eds.), pp. 1–10 | Chapter
Gisborne, Nikolas 2009 Aspects of the morphosyntactic typology of Hong Kong EnglishThe Typology of Asian Englishes, Lim, Lisa and Nikolas Gisborne (eds.), pp. 149–169 | Article
English and Cantonese are the main two languages in contact in Hong Kong, together with some other minority Sinitic languages and a variety of Austronesian languages spoken by domestic helpers. Cantonese and English are typologically dissimilar in terms of word order, tense, mood and aspect… read more
Lim, Lisa and Nikolas Gisborne 2009 The typology of Asian Englishes: Setting the agendaThe Typology of Asian Englishes, Lim, Lisa and Nikolas Gisborne (eds.), pp. 123–132 | Article