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Metaphor in Language and Culture Across World Englishes

by Marcus Callies
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9781350249530
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
  • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
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  • Pages: 288
  • Original Price: GBP 29.99
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 454 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Linguistics / Sociolinguistics and English as a Second Language

This book advances and broadens the scope of research on conceptual metaphor at the nexus of language and culture by exploring metaphor and figurative language as a characteristic of the many Englishes that have developed in a wide range of geographic, socio-historical and cultural settings around the world.

In line with the interdisciplinary breadth of this endeavour, the contributions are grounded in Cognitive (Socio)Linguistics, Conceptual Metaphor Theory, and Cultural Linguistics. Drawing on different research methodologies, including corpus linguistics, elicitation techniques, and interviews, chapters analyse a variety of naturalistic data and text types, such as online language, narratives, political speeches and literary works. Examining both the cultural conceptualisations underlying the use of figurative language and the linguistic-cultural specificity of metaphor and its variation, the studies are presented in contexts of both language contact and second language usage. Adding to the debate on the interplay of universal and culture-specific grounding of conceptual metaphor, Metaphor in Language and Culture across World Englishes advances research in a previously neglected sphere of study in the field of World Englishes.

Callies, Marcus: - Marcus Callies is Professor and Chair of English Linguistics at the University of Bremen, Germany.

Degani, Marta: - Marta Degani is Associate Professor of English Language and Linguistics at the University of Verona, Italy and Senior Scientist of English Linguistics at the University of Klagenfurt, Austria.

Onysko, Alexander: - Alexander Onysko is Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Klagenfurt, Austria.

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