Creativity in English As a Lingua Franca : Idiom and Metaphor.

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pitzl, Marie-Luise
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2018.
Colección:Developments in English As a Lingua Franca DELF Ser.
Temas:
Lingua francas.
English language > Globalization.
Creativity (Linguistics)
Créativité (Linguistique)
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > General.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > General.
English language > Globalization
Lingua francas
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro; Acknowledgements; Contents; Abbreviations; List of Figures; List of Tables; Introduction; 1. English as a lingua franca: Why creativity?; 2. Creativity, idiom and metaphor; 3. Describing ELF: Analyzing VOICE; 4. Creative idioms in ELF interactions: Exploring forms; 5. Functions of creative idioms and metaphors in ELF interactions; 6. Metaphorical creativity in ELF interactions: Discovering patterns and systematicities; 7 .The multilingual dimension of metaphorical creativity; 8. Implications of metaphorical creativity; Appendix; References; Index.

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