World Englishes A Cognitive Sociolinguistic Approach Applications of Cognitive Linguistics 1st Edition by HansGeorg Wolf ISBN 3110196336 9783110196337

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ISBN 10: 3110196336 
ISBN 13: 9783110196337
Author: HansGeorg Wolf

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 Linguistics generally and within its novel sub-discipline Cognitive Sociolinguistics can overcome certain limitations inherent in traditional approaches to cultural variation in language. They present a case study of the linguistic realization of the cultural model of community in African English as an exemplar for the investigation of cultural models in other varieties of English. Corpus-linguistic methods are combined with conceptual metaphor analysis and blending theory to elucidate a vast network of conceptualizations salient to speakers of African English.

The findings, based on computer corpora and a range of additional sources, are discussed against the background of work in anthropology, religious studies, and political science. The book also reflects on the role of English in intercultural communication and concludes with a comparison of Cognitive Linguistics and pragmatic functionalism, placing the former in the wider framework of a hermeneutic philosophy that stresses dialogic understanding.

World Englishes A Cognitive Sociolinguistic Approach Applications of Cognitive Linguistics 1st Table of contents:

• 1. Introduction: Setting the Scene

  • 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. Analytical Tools and the African Community Model

  • 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

• 3. The Cultural Model of Community in African English: Case Studies of Linguistic Realization

  • 3.3.1. Family and kinship metaphors
  • 3.3.2. Body metaphors
  • 3.3.3. Container metaphors
  • 3.3.4. Location and spatial metaphors
  • 3.3.5. Journey metaphors
  • 3.3.6. Health and illness metaphors
  • 3.3.7. Food and eating metaphors
  • 3.3.8. Warfare metaphors
  • 3.3.9. Water metaphors
  • 3.3.10. Fire metaphors
  • 3.3.11. Animal metaphors
  • 3.3.12. Plant metaphors
  • 3.3.13. Other conceptual metaphors and models
  • 3.3.14. Summary of metaphorical evidence

• 4. Intercultural Communication and the Role of English

  • 4.1. Miscommunication and the interpretation of cultural models
  • 4.2. Challenges and implications for intercultural communication
  • 4.3. English as a lingua franca and cultural understanding

• 5. Broader Perspectives: Cognitive Linguistics and Pragmatic Functionalism

  • 5.1. Comparison with other approaches to language and culture
  • 5.2. Placing Cognitive Linguistics in a wider hermeneutic framework
  • 5.3. Future directions for research in Cognitive Sociolinguistics

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