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CULTURAL CONCEPTUALISATIONS IN WEST AFRICAN ENGLISH
A COGNITIVE-LINGUISTIC APPROACH |
| By: |
Frank Polzenhagen |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£71.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
3631572042 |
| ISBN 13: |
9783631572047 |
| Publisher: |
PETER LANG AG |
| Pub. date: |
1 November, 2007 |
| Series: |
Duisburger Arbeiten zur Sprach und Kulturwissenschaft Duisburg Papers on 69 |
| Pages: |
300 |
| Synopsis: |
This book is an application of the cognitive-linguistic framework to the study of the New Englishes, specifically West African English. Its theoretical part provides an outline of the analytical tools, in particular conceptual metaphor/metonymy and cultural-model theory. Using corpus-linguistic methods and incorporating research from neighbouring social sciences, the empirical part explores culture-specific conceptualisations and their linguistic expression in the variety under analysis. The findings attest to the «cultural contextual-isation of the English language in the West African setting. The last part of the book critically discusses the current debate on the role and spread of English as a global language, from a cognitive-linguistic and discourse-analytical perspective. |
| Illustrations: |
graphs |
| Publication: |
Switzerland |
| Imprint: |
Peter Lang AG |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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