The Cognitive Foundation of Post-colonial Englishes

Hoffmann, Thomas

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“…Research topics in the study of World Englishes have encompassed their sociohistorical growth and models of their evolution, issues of language pedagogy and language policies in multilingual settings, investigations of linguistic attitudes, of contact effects and mixing, and, above all, analyses of structural properties of these young varieties which have emerged in the process of 'structural nativization' (Schneider 2007;Hoffmann 2021). Distinctive properties of World Englishes are products of different kinds of processes (Schneider 2007: 97-112), notably continuity (features passed on from the donor variety across generations), innovation (newly evolved properties), and contact effects triggered by indigenous languages (e.g.…”

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Lexicosemantic diffusion in World Englishes: variable meaning–form relations in prospective verbs

Schneider¹

2023

English Language and Linguistics

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This article suggests that in the investigation of World Englishes, which has tended to focus on syntactic, phonological and lexical preferences, the analysis of shifts in word meanings (and meaning–form relations in lexical items) needs to be incorporated. Exemplary small-scale studies show that in polysemic words certain varieties come to prefer specific meanings, and in word fields some varieties begin to prefer certain forms over others. Based on analyses of different ICE corpora, a set of prospective verbs, their meaning relationships and their varying correlations with syntactic construction choices in different varieties are investigated quantitatively (using HCFA and conditional inference trees) and qualitatively (showcasing interesting innovative, possibly emerging uses in some countries). Regionality is consistently shown to be a weakly conditioning significant factor. Thus, it is suggested that lexicosemantic variability and diffusion in the evolution of World Englishes deserve and need to be investigated systematically.

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Lexicosemantic diffusion in World Englishes: variable meaning–form relations in prospective verbs

Schneider¹

2023

English Language and Linguistics

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Inheritance and Innovation in the Evolution of Rural African American English

Bailey

Cukor‐Avila²,

Salinas³

2022

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This Element uses data from the Springville Project to explore how the functions of the inherited forms invariant be (from English sources) and zero (from creolization) have transformed during the twentieth century. Originally just alternative present tense copula/auxiliary forms, both features developed into aspectual markers – invariant be to mark durativity/habituality and zero to mark nonstativity. The motivation for these innovations were both socio-cultural and linguistic. The Great Migration and its consequences provided a demographic and socio-cultural context within which linguistic innovations could develop and spread. The mismatch between form and function within the present tense copula/auxiliary system and the grammatical ambiguities that affected both invariant be and zero provided linguistic triggers for this reanalysis. When taken together, the evolution of these forms illustrates how restructured linguistic subsystems (and eventually new varieties) emerge out of the interplay between inheritance and innovation.

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Indian Englishes in the Twenty-First Century

Leuckert,

Lange,

Bernaisch

et al. 2023

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English fulfils important intra- and international functions in 21st century India. However, the country's size in terms of area, population, and linguistic diversity means that completely uniform developments in Indian English (IndE) are unlikely. Using sophisticated corpus-linguistic and statistical methods, this Element explores the unity and diversity of IndE by providing studies of selected lexical and morphosyntactic features that characterise Indian English(es) in the 21st century. The findings indicate a degree of incipient 'supralocalisation', i.e. a spread of features beyond their place of origin, cutting through the typological Indo-Aryan vs. Dravidian divide.

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The Cognitive Foundation of Post-colonial Englishes

Cited by 9 publications

References 106 publications

Lexicosemantic diffusion in World Englishes: variable meaning–form relations in prospective verbs

Lexicosemantic diffusion in World Englishes: variable meaning–form relations in prospective verbs

Inheritance and Innovation in the Evolution of Rural African American English

Indian Englishes in the Twenty-First Century

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