Browsing Faculty of Humanities by Subject "Convergence"

Now showing items 1-2 of 2

    • Convergence and endonormativity at phase 4 of the dynamic model 

      van Rooy, Bertus (John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2014)
      At Phase 4 of the Dynamic Model, Schneider (2007) postulates that a stable postcolonial English will gain acceptance in a country, and become endonormative, but it will also be perceived as homogenous. This paper argues ...

    • Do the Modals of Black and White South African English Converge? 

      Van Rooy, Bertus; Wasserman, Ronel (Sage, 2014)
      Convergence between native and nonnative varieties, the so-called settler and indigenous strands of English in postcolonial settings, is a characteristic of the fourth phase in Schneider’s dynamic model of English. The ...