Frontmatter -- Table of contents -- Preface and acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Singapore English -- Chapter 3. Construction grammars and the paradox of 'mixed' construction types -- Chapter 4. Transitivity and causativity -- Chapter 5. Experiential aspect -- Chapter 6. The past tense construction -- Chapter 7. Bare noun constructions -- Chapter 8. The Merger Construction: a model of construction convergence -- Chapter 9. Concluding remarks -- References -- Index