World Englishes: A Cognitive Sociolinguistic Approach

World Englishes:A Cognitive Sociolinguistic Approach (Applications of Cognitive Linguistics)

by: Wolf - Hans-Georg

ISBN-10: 3110196336

ISBN-13: 9783110196337

Edition: 1

Publication date: January 21, 2009

Hardcover: 278 pages
Book 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.