33.383, Books: The Cognitive Foundation of Post-colonial Englishes: Hoffmann

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Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2022 21:38:40
From: Eleanor Hennerley [ehennerley at cambridge.org]
Subject: The Cognitive Foundation of Post-colonial Englishes: Hoffmann

 


Title: The Cognitive Foundation of Post-colonial Englishes 
Subtitle: Construction Grammar as the Cognitive Theory for the Dynamic Model 
Publication Year: 2021 
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
	   http://www.cambridge.org/linguistics
	

Book URL: https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/languages-linguistics/sociolinguistics/cognitive-foundation-post-colonial-englishes-construction-grammar-cognitive-theory-dynamic-model?format=PB 


Author: Thomas Hoffmann

Paperback: ISBN:  9781108829236 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 20.00
Paperback: ISBN:  9781108829236 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 15.00
Paperback: ISBN:  9781108829236 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 17.51


Abstract:

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.
 



1. Introduction; 2. The Dynamic Model and Construction Grammar; 3. Data and
Methodology; 4. Sample Studies; 6. Conclusion.
 


Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics

Subject Language(s): English (eng)


Written In: English  (eng)

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