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World Englishes : a cognitive sociolinguistic approach /

The book is the first of its kind to establish Cognitive Linguistics as a research paradigm within the field of world Englishes. The authors survey the main tenets of both areas of linguistic enquiry and suggest that the theoretical and methodological apparatus developed both within Cognitive Lingui...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Wolf, Hans-Georg, 1963-
Autres auteurs: Polzenhagen, Frank
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, ©2009.
Collection:Applications of cognitive linguistics ; 8.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Frontmatter; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; Preface; 1.1. Cognitive Linguistics and the study of world Englishes; 1.2. The world Englishes paradigm; 1.3. The Cognitive Linguistic paradigm and the study of language variation; 1.4. Scope, methodology, and empirical basis of our study; 2.1. Analytical tools: Conceptual metaphor, cultural models, conceptual networks; 2.2. Aspects of the African community model; 2.3. Interim summary; 2.4. The African community model and politics; 2.5. Summary and implications of the analysis.