English in Kuwait: a pattern-driven perspective

M Alenezi - 2022 - researchrepository.ucd.ie
The overarching aim of this thesis is to delineate the place of English in Kuwait using
Schneider's (2003; 2007) Dynamic Model. The model posits that postcolonial varieties of …

Linguistic and pragmatic ways of committing oneself: Evidence from commissive shell nouns in Ghanaian English

C Vergaro - Pragmatics & Cognition, 2023 - jbe-platform.com
In this study I focus on the complementation patterns of commissive shell nouns in Ghanaian
English (GhE). Commissive shell nouns are a type of illocutionary shell noun, ie a noun that …