Cultural Linguistics And World Englishes

Author : Marzieh Sadeghpour,Farzad Sharifian
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2020-12-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789811546969

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Cultural Linguistics and World Englishes by Marzieh Sadeghpour,Farzad Sharifian Pdf

This book investigates the study of World Englishes from the perspective of Cultural Linguistics, a theoretical and analytical framework for cultural cognition, cultural conceptualisations and language that employs and expands on the analytical tools and theoretical advancements in a number of disciplines, including cognitive psychology/science, anthropology, distributed cognition, and complexity science. The field of World Englishes has long focused on the sociolinguistic and applied linguistic study of varieties of English. Cultural Linguistics is now opening a new venue for research on World Englishes by exploring cultural conceptualisations underlying different varieties of English. The book explores ways in which the analytical framework of Cultural Linguistics may be employed to study varieties of English around the globe.

Author : Marzieh Sadeghpour,Farzad Sharifian
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9811546975

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Cultural Linguistics and World Englishes by Marzieh Sadeghpour,Farzad Sharifian Pdf

This book investigates the study of World Englishes from the perspective of Cultural Linguistics, a theoretical and analytical framework for cultural cognition, cultural conceptualisations and language that employs and expands on the analytical tools and theoretical advancements in a number of disciplines, including cognitive psychology/science, anthropology, distributed cognition, and complexity science. The field of World Englishes has long focused on the sociolinguistic and applied linguistic study of varieties of English. Cultural Linguistics is now opening a new venue for research on World Englishes by exploring cultural conceptualisations underlying different varieties of English. The book explores ways in which the analytical framework of Cultural Linguistics may be employed to study varieties of English around the globe.

Author : Marcus Callies,Marta Degani
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2021-06-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781350157552

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Metaphor in Language and Culture across World Englishes by Marcus Callies,Marta Degani Pdf

This book advances and broadens the scope of research on conceptual metaphor at the nexus of language and culture by exploring metaphor and figurative language as a characteristic of the many Englishes that have developed in a wide range of geographic, socio-historical and cultural settings around the world. In line with the interdisciplinary breadth of this endeavour, the contributions are grounded in Cognitive (Socio)Linguistics, Conceptual Metaphor Theory, and Cultural Linguistics. Drawing on different research methodologies, including corpus linguistics, elicitation techniques, and interviews, chapters analyse a variety of naturalistic data and text types, such as online language, narratives, political speeches and literary works. Examining both the cultural conceptualisations underlying the use of figurative language and the linguistic-cultural specificity of metaphor and its variation, the studies are presented in contexts of both language contact and second language usage. Adding to the debate on the interplay of universal and culture-specific grounding of conceptual metaphor, Metaphor in Language and Culture across World Englishes advances research in a previously neglected sphere of study in the field of World Englishes.

Author : Yamuna Kachru,Larry E. Smith
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135704636

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Cultures, Contexts, and World Englishes by Yamuna Kachru,Larry E. Smith Pdf

This volume aims to familiarize readers with the varieties of world Englishes used across cultures and to create awareness of some of the linguistic and socially relevant contexts and functions that have given rise to them. It emphasizes that effective communication among users of different Englishes requires awareness of the varieties in use and their cultural, social, and ideational functions. Cultures, Contexts and World Englishes: demonstrates the rich results of integrating theory, methodology and application features critical and detailed discussion of the sociolinguistics of English in the globalized world gives equal emphasis to grammar and pragmatics of variation and to uses of Englishes in spoken and written modes in major English-using regions of the world. Each chapter includes suggestions for further reading and challenging discussion questions and appropriate research projects designed to enhance the usefulness of this volume in courses such as world Englishes, English in the Global Context, Sociolinguistics, Critical Applied Linguistics, Language Contact and Convergence, Ethnography of Communication, and Crosscultural Communication.

Author : Farzad Sharifian
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027264992

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Cultural Linguistics by Farzad Sharifian Pdf

This ground-breaking book marks a milestone in the history of the newly developed field of Cultural Linguistics, a multidisciplinary area of research that explores the relationship between language and cultural conceptualisations. The most authoritative book in the field to date, it outlines the theoretical and analytical framework of Cultural Linguistics, elaborating on its key theoretical/analytical notions of cultural cognition, cultural schema, cultural category, and cultural metaphor. In addition, it brings to light a wide array of cultural conceptualisations drawn from many different languages and language varieties. The book reveals how the analytical tools of Cultural Linguistics can produce in-depth and insightful investigations into the cultural grounding of language in several domains and subdisciplines, including embodiment, emotion, religion, World Englishes, pragmatics, intercultural communication, Teaching English as an International Language (TEIL), and political discourse analysis. By presenting a comprehensive survey of recent research in Cultural Linguistics, this book demonstrates the relevance of the cultural conceptualisations encoded in language to all aspects of human life, from the very conceptualisations of life and death, to conceptualisations of emotion, body, humour, religion, gender, kinship, ageing, marriage, and politics. This book, in short, is a must-have reference work for scholars and students interested in Cultural Linguistics.

Author : Philip Seargeant
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780415572095

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Exploring World Englishes by Philip Seargeant Pdf

Beginning with a discussion of real-life challenges relating to world Englishes that are faced by language professionals the book explores and illustrates the ways in which the actual use and management of English play an increasingly important role in contemporary globalized society.

Author : Mukul Saxena,Tope Omoniyi
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2010-05-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781847693976

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Contending with Globalization in World Englishes by Mukul Saxena,Tope Omoniyi Pdf

This book engages with English in globalization, re-examining and re-interpreting the contemporary contexts of its acquisition and use. The chapters contained in this book weave together four inter-related themes that define the role of English in the global context: the ‘centrality of structure’, ‘relationships of interdependence’, ‘social constructions of difference’ and ‘reproduction of inequality’. These themes enable the authors to draw attention to the dynamics of the contemporary realities of the ‘English-speaking’ and ‘English-using’ nations, especially as they compete for cultural, social, economic and symbolic capital in global networks. In engaging World Englishes with the sociolinguistics of globalization, the authors raise some fundamental questions about the status, structure, and functions of World Englishes.

Author : Farzad Sharifian
Publisher : Springer
Page : 745 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017-05-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789811040566

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Advances in Cultural Linguistics by Farzad Sharifian Pdf

This groundbreaking collection represents the broad scope of cutting-edge research in Cultural Linguistics, a burgeoning field of interdisciplinary inquiry into the relationships between language and cultural cognition. The materials surveyed in its chapters demonstrate how cultural conceptualisations encoded in language relate to all aspects of human life - from emotion and embodiment to kinship, religion, marriage and politics, even the understanding of life and death. Cultural Linguistics draws on cognitive science, complexity science and distributed cognition, among other disciplines, to strengthen its theoretical and analytical base. The tools it has developed have worked toward insightful investigations into the cultural grounding of language in numerous applied domains, including World Englishes, cross-cultural/intercultural pragmatics, intercultural communication, Teaching English as an International Language (TEIL), and political discourse analysis.

Author : Kingsley Bolton,Braj B. Kachru
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0415315069

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World Englishes by Kingsley Bolton,Braj B. Kachru Pdf

Author : Alastair Pennycook
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781351847360

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The Cultural Politics of English as an International Language by Alastair Pennycook Pdf

Covering a wide range of areas including international politics, colonial history, critical pedagogy, postcolonial literature and applied linguistics, this book examines ways to understand the cultural and political implications of the global spread of English. Including a useful mixture of theory, research and practice, this will be of use to advanced students of education, English and applied linguistics, for courses on teaching second languages, critical pedagogy, comparative education and world Englishes. It will also be of interest to students of postcolonial literature and international relations.

Author : Alastair Pennycook
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2006-12-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781134188765

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Global Englishes and Transcultural Flows by Alastair Pennycook Pdf

The English language is spreading across the world, and so too is hip-hop culture: both are being altered, developed, reinterpreted, reclaimed. This timely book explores the relationship between global Englishes (the spread and use of diverse forms of English within processes of globalization) and transcultural flows (the movements, changes and reuses of cultural forms in disparate contexts). This wide-ranging study focuses on the ways English is embedded in other linguistic contexts, including those of East Asia, Australia, West Africa and the Pacific Islands. Drawing on transgressive and performative theory, Pennycook looks at how global Englishes, transcultural flows and pedagogy are interconnected in ways that oblige us to rethink language and culture within the contemporary world. Global Englishes and Transcultural Flows is a valuable resource to applied linguists, sociolinguists, and students on cultural studies, English language studies, TEFL and TESOL courses.

Author : Larry E. Smith
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : UOM:39015012953116

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Discourse Across Cultures by Larry E. Smith Pdf

Papers presented at a conference organized by the Institute of Culture and Communication of the East West Center in 1983 revised and updated.

Author : Farzad Sharifian
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2009-01-08
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781847691217

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English as an International Language by Farzad Sharifian Pdf

Collectively, the chapters in this volume make a significant contribution to the emerging paradigm of English as an International Language (EIL) by exploring various aspects of the English language and its pedagogy in the context of the globalization of this language. The volume shows great deal of promise in terms of expanding the paradigm and also establishing new grounds for thinking, research, and practice.

Author : Janina Brutt-Griffler
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1853595772

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World English by Janina Brutt-Griffler Pdf

This text traces the history of English language spread from the 18th to the beginning of the 21st century, combining that with a study of its langauge change. It links linguistic and sociolinguistic variables that have conditioned the evolution and change of English, putting forward a new framework of language spread and change.

Author : Yamuna Kachru,Cecil L. Nelson
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2006-04-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789622097551

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World Englishes in Asian Contexts by Yamuna Kachru,Cecil L. Nelson Pdf

This is the first English-language book to focus on the electric rice cooker and the impact it has had on the lives of Asian people. This account of the rice cooker's globalization aims to move away from Japan-centric perspectives on how "Made in Japan" products made it big in the global marketplace, instead choosing to emphasize the collaborative approach adopted by one Japanese manufacturing giant and a Hong Kong entrepreneur. The book also highlights the role Hong Kong, as a free port, played in the rice cooker's globalization and describes how the city facilitated the transnational flow of Japanese appliances to Southeast Asia, China, and North America. Based on over 40 interviews conducted with key figures at both National/Panasonic and Shun Hing Group, it provides a fascinating insight into the process by which the National rice cooker was first localized and then globalized. Interspersed throughout are personal accounts by individuals in Japan and Hong Kong for whom owning a rice cooker meant far more than just a convenient way of cooking rice. The book includes over 60 images, among them advertisements dating back to the 1950s that illustrate how Japanese appliances contributed to the advent of a modern lifestyle in Hong Kong. This account of the rice cooker's odyssey from Japan to Hong Kong and beyond is intended for a general audience as well as for readers with an interest in the empirical study of globalization, intercultural communication, Hong Kong social history, and Japanese business in Asia.