A social turn for Construction Grammar: double modals on British Twitter

IF 0.9 2区 文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS
CAMERON MORIN, GUILLAUME DESAGULIER, JACK GRIEVE
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Abstract

Construction Grammar is an emerging theory of language, but the analysis of sociolinguistic variation is still relatively underdeveloped in the framework. In this article, we consider the representation of social meaning in Construction Grammar through a corpus-based analysis of double modals in British English on social media. We describe the use of double modals in a large corpus of geolocated Twitter posts, including presenting an inventory of observed double modals and maps showing the regional distribution of each of these forms. We find that double modals show a general northern pattern and are concentrated in the Scottish Borders. We also find various rare double modals that occur more widely across the UK. To account for these results, we propose a Construction Grammar account of double modals. We argue that defining double modals as grammatical constructions requires that aspects of their social meaning be delimited, especially register and region. Furthermore, we argue that double modals may be enregistered as dialect constructions, distinguished from standard constructions of British English. We conclude by considering the importance of incorporating social meaning into Construction Grammar, underlining the value of a Cognitive Sociolinguistic approach to grammatical theory.

建筑语法的社会转向:英国推特上的双重模态
构式语法(Construction Grammar)是一种新兴的语言理论,但在这一框架中,对社会语言变异的分析仍相对欠缺。在本文中,我们通过基于语料库的分析,对社交媒体上英国英语中的双重情态动词进行了研究,从而探讨了构式语法中的社会意义表征。我们描述了双模态语在大量有地理位置的 Twitter 帖子语料库中的使用情况,包括列出观察到的双模态语清单和显示每种双模态语形式区域分布的地图。我们发现,双模态语显示出一种普遍的北方模式,并集中在苏格兰边界地区。我们还发现了各种罕见的双模态,这些双模态在英国各地的分布更为广泛。为了解释这些结果,我们提出了双语气词的结构语法解释。我们认为,将双语气词定义为语法结构需要对其社会意义的各个方面进行划分,尤其是语域和地区。此外,我们还认为,双重情态动词可以注册为方言结构,有别于英国英语的标准结构。最后,我们考虑了将社会意义纳入构式语法的重要性,强调了认知社会语言学方法对语法理论的价值。
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期刊介绍: English Language and Linguistics, published twice a year, is an international journal which focuses on the description of the English language within the framework of contemporary linguistics. The journal is concerned equally with the synchronic and the diachronic aspects of English language studies and publishes articles of the highest quality which make a substantial contribution to our understanding of the structure and development of the English language and which are informed by a knowledge and appreciation of linguistic theory. English Language and Linguistics carries articles and short discussion papers or squibs on all core aspects of English, from its beginnings to the present day, including syntax, morphology, phonology, semantics, pragmatics, corpus linguistics and lexis.
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