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Books

Collins PC; Hollo C, 2017, English grammar: An introduction (3rd Edn), 3rd, Palgrave, London

Collins PC, 2015, Grammatical Change in English World-Wide, John Benjamins, Amsterdam

Collins PC, 2015, Cleft and pseudo-cleft constructions in English, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315688510

Collins P, 2015, Introduction, http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/scl.67.01col

Collins PC, 2009, Modals and Quasi-modals in English, Original, Rodopi, The Netherlands

2001, English in Australia, Collins PC; Blair D, (ed.), John Benjamins Publishing Company, Amsterdam

Collins PC, 2000, English Grammar: An Introduction, Original, Macmillan Press, London, United Kingdom

Collins PC; Fromkin V; Blair D, 1999, An introduction to language An introduction to language, Original, Harcourt, Marrickville

1999, The clause in English in honour of Rodney Huddelston, Collins PC, (ed.), John Benjamins Publishing Company, Amsterdam

Collins PC, 1998, English Grammar, Original, Longman Australia, Melbourne

Finegan E; Blair D; Collins PC, 1997, Language: its structure and use, 2nd ed, Original, Harcourt Brace, Marrickville, NSW

Book Chapters

Collins P, 2023, 'SOCIOLINGUISTICS IN AUSTRALIA', in The Routledge Handbook of Sociolinguistics Around the World: Second Edition, pp. 303 - 311, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003198345-29

Collins P, 2021, 'Clause types', in The Handbook of English Linguistics, Wiley Blackwell, Chichester, West Sussex, pp. 131 - 144, http://www.wiley.com/go/linguistics-handbooks

Collins P; Yao X, 2019, 'Tense, aspect and modality in Australian english', in Australian English Reimagined: Structure, Features and Developments, pp. 34 - 50, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429019692-4

Collins PC; Lee JFK, 2015, 'Gender Representation in Hong Kong Primary English-language Textbooks: A Corpus Study', in Mustapha AS (ed.), Gender Representations in Learning Materials: International Perspectives, Routledge, New York and London, pp. 37 - 51

Collins PC, 2015, 'Diachronic variation in the grammar of Australian English: Corpus-based explorations', in Grammatical Change in English World-Wide, edn. 1st, John Benjamins, Amsterdam, pp. 15 - 42, https://benjamins.com/#catalog/books/scl.67/toc

Collins PC, 2015, 'Introduction', in Grammatical Change in English World-Wide, John Benjamins, Amsterdam, pp. 1 - 11

Collins PC, 2015, 'Recent diachronic change in the progressive in Philippine English', in Grammatical Change in English World-Wide, John Benjamins, Amsterdam, pp. 271 - 297, https://benjamins.com/#catalog/books/scl.67/main

Collins P, 2015, 'Recent diachronic change in the progressive in Philippine English', in Studies in Corpus Linguistics, pp. 278 - 296, http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/scl.67.12col

Collins PC; Collins PC; Borlongan A; Lim J-H, 2014, 'The subjunctive mood in Philippine English: A diachronic analysis', in Pfenninger S; Timofeeva O; Gardner A-C; Honkapohja A; Hundt M; Schreier D (ed.), Contact, Variation and Change in the History of English, edn. 1st, John Benjamins, Amsterdam, pp. 259 - 280, http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/slcs.159

Collins PC, 2014, 'Australian English', in Koch H; Nordlinger R (ed.), The Languages and Linguistics of Australia: A Comprehensive Guide, edn. 1st, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, pp. 449 - 484, http://www.degruyter.com/view/product/181330?rskey=ZtCXYw&result=1

Collins PC; Collins PC; Yao X, 2014, 'Relative clauses in Philippine English: a diachronic perspective', in Vandelanotte L; Davidse K; Gentens C (ed.), Recent Advances in Corpus Linguistics. Developing and Exploiting Corpora., Rodopi, Amsterdam/New York, pp. 125 - 146, http://www.rodopi.nl/functions/search.asp?BookId=LC+78

Collins PC, 2014, 'Modal Expressions in Malaysian English', in Rahim H; Manan S (ed.), English in Malaysia: Postcolonial and Beyond, edn. 1st, Peter Lang, Bern, Switzerland, pp. 127 - 160, http://www.peterlang.com/

Collins P, 2014, 'The modals of obligation and necessity in Australian English', in English Corpus Linguistics, pp. 145 - 165, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315845890

Collins P; Borlongan AM; Lim J-H; Yao X, 2014, 'The subjunctive mood in Philippine English', in Contact, Variation, and Change in the History of English, John Benjamins Publishing Company, pp. 259 - 280, http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/slcs.159.13col

Collins PC, 2013, 'Grammatical colloquialism an the English quasi-modals: a comparative study', in Marin-Arrese J; Carretero M; Arus Hita J; van der Auwera J (ed.), English modality: core, periphery and evidentiality, De Gruyter Mouton, Berlin, pp. 155 - 169, http://www.degruyter.com/view/product/182779

Collins PC; Yao X, 2013, 'Functional variation in the English present perfect: A cross-varietal study', in Andersen G; Bech K (ed.), English Corpus Linguistics: Variation in Time, Space and Genre, Rodopi, Amsterdam/New York, pp. 91 - 112, http://www.rodopi.nl/

Collins PC; Peters P, 2012, 'Colloquial Australian English', in Kortmann B; Lunkenheimer K (ed.), The Mouton Atlas of Variation in English, edn. 1st, De Gruyter, Berlin, pp. 585 - 595, http://www.degruyter.com/view/product/181631

Collins PC; Yao X, 2012, 'Developments in the verbal systems of the 'Old' and 'New' Englishes', in Gitsaki C; Baldauf R (ed.), Future Directions in Applied Linguistics: Local and Global Perspectives, edn. 1st, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne, pp. 328 - 349

Collins PC; Yao X, 2012, 'Modals and quasi-modals in New Englishes', in Hundt M; Gut U (ed.), Mapping Unity and Diversity World-Wide, edn. 1st, John Benjamins, Amsterdam, pp. 35 - 53

Collins PC, 2011, 'Variable agreement in the existential there-construction in Philippine English', in Bautista MLS (ed.), Studies of Philippine English: Exploring the Philippine component of the International Corpus of English, edn. 1st, Anvil, Manila, pp. 175 - 186

Collins PC, 2009, 'English Grammer in China', in Chen H; Cruickshank K (ed.), Making a Difference: Challenges for Applied Linguistics, edn. 1, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle, U.K., pp. 253 - 261

Collins PC, 2009, 'Information - Packaging Constructions', in Peters P; Collins P; Smith A (ed.), Comparative Studies in Australia and New Zealand English: Grammar and Beyond, edn. 1st, John Benjamins, Amsterdam, pp. 295 - 316

Collins PC, 2009, 'Prologue', in Peters P; Collins P; Smith A (ed.), Comparative Studies in Australia and New Zealand English: Grammar and Beyond, edn. 1st, John Benjamins, Amsterdam, pp. 1 - 9

Collins PC, 2009, 'The Progressive', in Peters P; Collins P; Smith A (ed.), Comparative Studies in Australia and New Zealand English: Grammar and Beyond, John Benjamins, Amsterdam, pp. 115 - 123

Collins P; Peters P, 2008, 'Australian English: Morphology and syntax', in The Pacific and Australasia, pp. 341 - 361

Collins PC, 2007, 'Modal wars: Some ascendant semi-modals in Australian English', in Siegel J; Lynch J; Eades D (ed.), Language Description. History and Development, edn. First, John Benjamins Publshing Company, Amsterdam, pp. 197 - 208

Collins PC, 2007, 'Modality across World Englishes', in Abraham W; Noonan M (ed.), Functional Perspectives on Grammar and Discourse, edn. First, John Benjamins Publishing Company, Amsterdam, Netherlands, pp. 447 - 468

Collins PC, 2007, 'TESOL Grammar Instruction in South-East Asia', in Gitsaki C (ed.), Language and Languages: Global and local tensions, edn. Original, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle, UK, pp. 78 - 89

Collins PC, 2006, 'Clause Types', in Aarts B; McMahon A (ed.), The Handbook of English Linguistics, Blackwell Publishing, Great Britain, pp. 180 - 197

Collins PC, 2005, 'Cleft and pseudo-cleft constructions in English spoken and written discourse (1987)', in Corpus Linguistics: Readings in a Widening Discipline, pp. 85 - 94

Collins PC; Peters P, 2004, 'Australian English, Morphology and Syntax', in Kortmann B; Schneider EW (ed.), A Handbook of Varieties of English, edn. 1, Mouton de Gruyter, Berlin, pp. 593 - 610

Collins PC, 2004, 'The information structure of what-clefts in English', in Ali GKJM; Jan JM; Awab SA; Don ZM (ed.), Language, Linguistics and the Real World. Volume 1: Making Linguistics Relevant, edn. 1, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, pp. 227 - 244

Mittwoch A; Huddleston R; Collins PC, 2002, 'The Clause: Adjuncts', in Huddleston R; Pullum GK (ed.), The Clause: Adjuncts, edn. 1st, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 663 - 784

Collins PC; Blair D, 2001, 'Language and identity in Australia', in English in Australia, edn. Original, John Benjamins Publishing Company, Amsterdam, pp. 1 - 16

Collins PC, 1999, 'The deictic-presentation construction in English', in The Clause in English, edn. Original, John Benjamins Publishing Company, pp. 67 - 80

Journal articles

Collins P, 2024, 'Variation in world Englishes through the lens of negation', World Englishes, 43, pp. 47 - 70, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/weng.12638

Collins P, 2023, 'Modals and Quasi-Modals in English World-Wide', Journal of English Linguistics, 51, pp. 265 - 293, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00754242231173720

Collins P, 2023, 'Grammatical variation in World Englishes : An onomasiological study', English World-Wide, 44, pp. 184 - 218, http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/eww.21055.col

Collins P, 2022, 'Hypercorrection in English: An intervarietal corpus-based study', English Language and Linguistics, 26, pp. 279 - 305, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1360674321000228


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