The Cognitive Foundation of Post-colonial Englishes. Construction Grammar as the Cognitive Theory for the Dynamic Model, New ed, Paperback/Thomas Hoffmann

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. Publisher: Cambridge University Press Author(s): Thomas Hoffmann Illustration(s): Worked examples or Exercises Number of pages: 75 Collection: Elements in World Englishes Publication date: 2021 Dimensions: 152 x 229 x 8 Cover type: Paperback / softback