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1 online resource (xiv, 278 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Series |
Applications of cognitive linguistics,
1861-4078 ;
8
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Applications of cognitive linguistics ; 8.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-273) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
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 ex. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
English language -- Variation -- Africa.
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English language -- Variation. |
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Africa. |
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Cognitive grammar.
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Cognitive grammar. |
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Intercultural communication -- Africa.
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Intercultural communication. |
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Sociolinguistics -- Africa.
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Sociolinguistics. |
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English language -- Africa.
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English language. |
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Africa -- Languages -- Influence on English.
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Language and languages. |
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Polzenhagen, Frank.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Wolf, Hans-Georg, 1963- World Englishes. Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, ©2009 (DLC) 2008046447 |
| ISBN |
9783110199222 (electronic book) |
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311019922X (electronic book) |
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9783110196337 (acid-free paper) |
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3110196336 (acid-free paper) |
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