Chapter 3
Structural nativization in New Englishes
Article outline
- 3.1Structural nativization: Structural and conceptual considerations
- 3.1.1‘Feature’, ‘innovation’, ‘deviation’: A terminological maze
- 3.1.2The structural dimension of features
- 3.1.3The conceptual dimension of features
- 3.1.3.1A narrow vs. broad approach to features
- 3.1.3.2Conceptual stance: A broad approach to features
- 3.1.4Summing up: A definition of ‘feature’
- 3.2Structural nativization at the lexis-grammar interface: State-of-the-art
- 3.2.1Why lexico-grammar?
- 3.2.2Lexico-grammatical features across levels of abstraction
- 3.2.2.1High level of abstraction
- 3.2.2.2Intermediate level of abstraction
- 3.2.2.3Low level of abstraction
- 3.2.2.4Verb patterning: A bird’s eye perspective
- 3.2.3Structural nativization and Schneider’s Dynamic Model
- 3.2.3.1The Dynamic Model to the test
- 3.2.3.2The Dynamic Model with a twist: A Construction Grammar account
- 3.2.4Summing up: The bigger picture
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