World Englishes
A Cognitive Sociolinguistic Approach
Published on 26. February 2009
Book
Mixed media product
XIV, 278 pages
978-3-11-173399-9 (ISBN)
Description
The book presents Cognitive Linguistics as a framework for the study of cultural variation in world Englishes and within languages in general by offering a corpus-based analysis of the linguistic realization of the cultural model of community in African English. It also reflects on the role of English in intercultural communication and positions Cognitive Linguistics within a wider hermeneutic tradition.
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Persons
Hans-Georg Wolf, Hong Kong University, Hong Kong; Frank Polzenhagen, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany.