Cultural linguistics and critical discourse studies / edited by Monika Reif, Frank Polzenhagen, University of Kaiserslautern-Landau.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Reif-Hülser, Monika, editor.

Polzenhagen, Frank, editor.

John Benjamins Publishing Company

Conference Name:

International L.A.U.D.-Symposium (38th : 2018 : Landau, Germany)

Cultural Linguistics International Conference (2nd 2018 : Landau, Germany)

Series:

Discourse approaches to politics, society, and culture ; v. 103.

Discourse approaches to politics, society and culture (DAPSAC) ; volume103

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and culture--Congresses.

Language and culture.

Critical discourse analysis--Congresses.

Critical discourse analysis.

Discourse analysis--Political aspects--Congresses.

Discourse analysis.

Discourse analysis--Social aspects--Congresses.

Cognitive grammar--Congresses.

Cognitive grammar.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (212 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2023]

Contents:

1. Critical (cognitive) Discourse Studies and Cultural Linguistics: A sketch of the frameworks

2. Common ground

3. Contributions to the volume

References

Culture-specific variation in interpretations of nations as bodies metaphors by English and German L1 speakers

1. Introduction

2. The ubiquity of metaphor variation

3. Variation in metaphor corpora

3.1 The English L1 sample

3.2 The German L1 sample

4. Comparison

5. Conclusions

Conceptualising presidential elections

2. Conceptualising presidential elections: Some standard alternative metaphors

3. Deliberate or purposeful? How to analyse metaphors in political rhetoric

4. Competing metaphorical models: Trump versus Clinton

5. Obama's alternative model

6. Summary and conclusion

Opening the thinkgates?

1. Introductory remarks

2. Analysing metaphors in dynamic, computer-mediated discourse: Critical Discourse Analysis, conceptual blending and metaphor shifting

3. Empirical study

3.1 Data, research questions and methodology

3.2 Results

3.2.1 Overview of source domains and topoi

3.2.1.1 Conventionalised metaphors

3.2.1.2 Novel creations and less established metaphors

3.2.2 Mixed metaphors and their argumentative function

3.2.3 Metaphor continuation strategies in reader comments

4. Discussion, conclusion and outlook

Conceptualization of goat in West African Englishes

2. The use and variation of metaphor

4. Analysis of the data: The use of goat metaphors

4.1 The great chain of being metaphor

4.2 Gender and sexuality

4.3 Religion

4.4 Politics

5. Discussion and conclusion

Cooking verbs and the cultural conceptualization of cooking processes in Japanese

2. Analysis of cooking verbs in Japanese

2.1 Componential analysis

2.2 Revised lexical organization of Japanese cooking verbs2

3. Cultural conceptualization and linguistic tools

4. Conclusion

Wellness

2. Methodology and overview of the data sources

3. Historical and emerging concepts of health and wellness

4. Mind, body, and spirit

5. Wellness and pseudoscience

5.1 Doctors and science

5.2 Detoxing, cleansing

5.3 Toxins and 'risk'

6. Summary

7. Conclusion

Critical Cultural Linguistics (CCL)

1. The context/s: Who is the Other?

2. The framework: Cultural Linguistics and Critical Cultural Linguistics

3. The role of language in the cultural conceptualization of the Other as the enemy

4. The role of foreign languages and foreign language education in problematizing and challenging the cultural conceptualization of Otherness

4.1 An activity9 conducted in class

Notes:

Contributions based on papers presented at the jointly held 38th Linguistic Agency University of Duisburg (LAUD) conference and the 2nd Cultural Linguistics International Conference (CLIC) that took place in August, 2018, in Landau Germany.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Amsterdam, Netherlands Available via World Wide Web.

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Other Format:

Print version: Cultural linguistics and critical discourse studies

ISBN:

9789027249524

9027249520

Publisher Number:

99995728628

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