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Metaphor in Language and Culture across World Englishes

Metaphor in Language and Culture across World Englishes

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This book explores metaphor and figurative language in World Englishes, drawing on Cognitive (Socio)Linguistics, Conceptual Metaphor Theory, and Cultural Linguistics. It examines cultural conceptualisations and linguistic-cultural specificity, using corpus linguistics, elicitation techniques, and interviews. It contributes to the debate on the interplay of universal and culture-specific grounding of conceptual metaphor.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 288 pages
Publication date: 26 January 2023
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC


This book explores 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. It is grounded in Cognitive (Socio)Linguistics, Conceptual Metaphor Theory, and Cultural Linguistics and draws on different research methodologies, including corpus linguistics, elicitation techniques, and interviews. The studies analyse a variety of naturalistic data and text types, such as online language, narratives, political speeches, and literary works, and examine both the cultural conceptualisations underlying the use of figurative language and the linguistic-cultural specificity of metaphor and its variation. The book also contributes to the debate on the interplay of universal and culture-specific grounding of conceptual metaphor in World Englishes.


Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781350249530

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