By Professor Peter Craig Collins

Journal articles

Collins PC; Hollo C; Mar JF, 1997, 'The presentation of English grammar in school textbooks', Metaphor, pp. 38 - 42

Collins PC, 1996, '`Get` - passives in English', World Englishes, 15, pp. 43 - 56

Collins P, 1995, 'Ronald geluykens from discourse process to grammatical construction: On left-dislocation in english', Functions of Language, 2, pp. 101 - 107, http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/fol.2.1.08col

Collins P, 1994, 'Extraposition in english', Functions of Language, 1, pp. 7 - 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/fol.1.1.03col

Collins PC, 1993, 'Extern constructions in english', Australian Journal of Linguistics, 13, pp. 23 - 37, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07268609308599488

Collins P, 1993, 'Review article', IRAL - International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 31, pp. 161 - 167, http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/iral.1993.31.2.161

Collins P, 1992, 'Cleft existentials in English', Language Sciences, 14, pp. 419 - 433, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0388-0001(92)90024-9

Pauwels A; Collins P; Peeters BP, 1991, 'Shorter notices', Australian Journal of Linguistics, 11, pp. 137 - 143, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07268609108599455

Collins PC, 1991, 'Pseudocleft and cleft constructions: A thematic and informational interpretation', Linguistics, 29, pp. 481 - 520, http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/ling.1991.29.3.481

Collins P, 1988, 'The semantics of some modals in contemporary australian english', Australian Journal of Linguistics, 8, pp. 261 - 286, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07268608808599400

COLLINS PC, 1984, 'SEMANTIC STRUCTURES FOR THE SYNTAX OF COMPLEMENTS AND AUXILIARIES IN ENGLISH - NEY,JW', AUMLA-JOURNAL OF THE AUSTRALASIAN UNIVERSITIES LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE ASSOCIATION, pp. 110 - 113, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:A1984TF58200024&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

COLLINS PC, 1982, 'LINGUISTICS FOR STUDENTS OF LITERATURE - TRAUGOTT,EC, PRATT,ML', GENERAL LINGUISTICS, 22, pp. 65 - 70, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:A1982NN42700008&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Conference Papers

Collins PC, 2013, 'Relative clauses in Australian English: a cross-varietal diachronic study', in Gawne L (ed.), Selected papers from the 44th conference of the Australian Linguistic Society, 2013, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, pp. 355 - 371, presented at 44th Conference of the Australian Linguistic Society, 2013, at the University of Melbourne., Melbourne, 01 October 2013 - 04 October 2014, http://hdl.handle.net/11343/40972

Collins P; Yao X; Borlongan A, 2012, 'Relative clauses in Philippine English: a diachronic perspective', in Vandelanotte L; Davidse K; Gentens C; Kimps D (eds.), RECENT ADVANCES IN CORPUS LINGUISTICS: DEVELOPING AND EXPLOITING CORPORA, EDITIONS RODOPI B V, BELGIUM, Grand Beguinage Leuven, Leuven, pp. 125 - 146, presented at 33rd ICAME International Conference on Corpora at the Centre and Crossroads of English Linguistics, BELGIUM, Grand Beguinage Leuven, Leuven, 30 May 2012 - 03 June 2012, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000372853500007&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Collins PC, 2006, 'Can and may: monosemy and polysemy', in 2006 Annual Meeting of the Australian Linguistics Society, Brisbane, Qld, presented at Annual Meeting of the Australian Linguistics Society 2006, Brisbane, Qld, 07 July 2006 - 09 July 2006

Collins P, 2006, 'The English modals and semi-modals Regional and stylistic variation', in Nevalainen T; Taavitsainen I; Pahta P; Korhonen M (eds.), DYNAMICS OF LINGUISTIC VARIATION: CORPUS EVIDENCE ON ENGLISH PAST AND PRESENT, JOHN BENJAMINS B V PUBL, FINLAND, Helsinki, pp. 129 - 145, presented at 27th International Conference of the International-Computer-Archive-of-Modern-and-Medieval-English (ICAME), FINLAND, Helsinki, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000316897900009&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Collins PC, 2005, 'Will, shall, be going to, and want to: The Modals and Semi-modals of Prediction and Volition in Modern English', in 2005 Conference of the Australian Linguistic Society, Monash University, presented at Conference of the Australian Linguistic Society 2005, Monash University, 28 September 2005 - 30 September 2005

Collins PC, 2004, 'Grammar in TESOL: a critique of current textbooks', in Seminar Organisers (ed.), 2004 Taiwan-Australia TESOL Seminar, Taipei, pp. 43 - 56, presented at Taiwan-Australia TESOL Seminar 2004, Taipei, 01 October 2004 - 03 October 2004

Collins PC, 2003, 'Let and let¿s', in Annual Conference of the Australian Linguistics Society, University of Newcastle, presented at Annual Conference of the Australian Linguistics Society, University of Newcastle, 26 September 2003 - 28 September 2003

Collins PC, 2001, 'Some Discourse Functions of Existentials in English', in ALS2001, Canberra, presented at ALS2001, Canberra, 27 September 2001 - 30 September 2001

Collins PC, 2001, 'Indirectness, Politeness and Modality', in 25th ALAA Congress (2001), Australia, presented at 25th ALAA Congress (2001), Australia

Collins PC, 2001, 'The polite use of the English modals', in Studies in Greek Linguistics: Proceedings of the 21st annual meeting of the Department of Linguistics, Aristotle University, Greek, pp. 295 - 302, presented at Studies in Greek Linguistics: 21st annual meeting of the Department of Linguistics, Aristotle University, Greek

Collins PC, 1998, 'ESL Grammars: An Evaluation', in ALAA Congress, Griffith University, Qld, presented at ALAA Congress, Griffith University, Qld, 30 June 1998 - 03 July 1998

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