World Englishes: A Cognitive Sociolinguistic Approach

Hans-Georg Wolf; Frank Polzenhagen

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 2009

World Englishes

A Cognitive Sociolinguistic Approach

Hans-Georg Wolf and Frank Polzenhagen

Volume 8 in the series Applications of Cognitive Linguistics [ACL]

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110199222

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About this book

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.

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Hans-Georg Wolf, Hong Kong University, Hong Kong; Frank Polzenhagen, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany.

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Frontmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	i
Contents Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	v
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
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Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
1. Approaches to world Englishes: Paradigms, positions, and perspectives
1.1. Cognitive Linguistics and the study of world Englishes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1.2. The world Englishes paradigm Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	2
1.3. The Cognitive Linguistic paradigm and the study of language variation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	28
1.4. Scope, methodology, and empirical basis of our study Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
2. The cultural model of community in African English: A comparative account
2.1. Analytical tools: Conceptual metaphor, cultural models, conceptual networks Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	57
2.2. Aspects of the African community model Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	72
2.3. Interim summary Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	158
2.4. The African community model and politics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
2.5. Summary and implications of the analysis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	178
3. Reflections on the study of intercultural communication
3.1. Arguments for a hermeneutic approach to the study ofintercultural communication Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	183
3.2. Foci of a hermeneutic approach to intercultural communication and a critique of functionalist positions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	188
3.3. Intercultural understanding and the problem of relativism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	202
3.4. Concluding remarks Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207
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(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Audience: Linguists working in the Fields of Cognitive Linguistics, World Englishes, Cognitive Anthropology, Corpus Linguistics, Sociolinguistics; Scholars from the Social Sciences
Pages
- Front matter: 14
- Main content: 278
Keywords: Cognitive Linguistics; sociolinguistics; applied linguistics; English /language

eBook

Published: February 26, 2009
ISBN: 9783110199222

Hardcover

Published: January 21, 2009
ISBN: 9783110196337