The Cognitive Foundation of Post-colonial Englishes : Construction Grammar as the Cognitive Theory for the Dynamic Model
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Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Elements in World Englishes
ISBN-10
1108829236
ISBN-13
9781108829236
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 9th, 2021
Print length
75 Pages
Weight
120 grams
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15.20 x 22.90 x 0.80 cms
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Sociolinguistics
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Currently, the most influential sociolinguistic model for the evolution of 'Post-Colonial Englishes' is the Dynamic Model. In this Element, I outline how Construction Grammar, the most prominent cognitive syntactic theory, can provide a cognitive foundation for the assumptions made by the Dynamic Model.
Varieties of English are spoken all over the world from Africa to Asia, from Europe to America. In addition to its use as a foreign language, English in many of these countries is a first or second language variety that initially arose in a colonial setting. Currently, the most influential sociolinguistic model for the evolution of these ''Post-Colonial Englishes'' is the Dynamic Model. In this Element, I outline how Construction Grammar, the most prominent cognitive syntactic theory, can provide a cognitive foundation for the assumptions made by the Dynamic Model. As I shall argue, Construction Grammar naturally complements the Dynamic Model and, in addition to that, a ''Constructionist Grammar Approach to the Dynamic Model'' approach generates new research questions concerning the productivity of syntactic patterns across Dynamic Model phases.
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