Metaphor in Language and Culture across World Englishes (Bloomsbury Advances in World Englishes)

"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"-- Provided by publisher Cover page Halftitle page Series page Title page Copyright page Contents Figures Tables Contributors Acknowledgments 1 Introduction: Metaphor in Language and Culture Across World Englishes References Part One Theoretical and Methodological Considerations 2 Important Discoveries in the Study of Metaphor in World Englishes 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Generality vs. variability in metaphor 2.3 A dynamical view of metaphor stability and variation 2.4 The interaction of embodiment and culture 2.5 Mixing metaphors and metaphor variation 2.6 Mixed-method approaches 2.7 Conclusion References 3 Comparing Large Electronic Corpora and Elicitation Techniques in Research on Conceptual Metaphor and Idioms in World Englishes: Validating the ‘Lexicon of Corruption’ in West African Englishes 3.1 Introduction 3.2 The ‘lexicon of corruption’ in West African Englishes 3.3 Corpus study: Aims, data, results 3.4 Discussion and conclusion Notes References Part Two Aspects of Variation and Culture-Specificity in the Use of Metaphor 4 Animal-Based Metaphors of Womanhood in English Literary Works Set in the Indo-Aryan and Dravidian Regions of India 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Review of the literature 4.3 Methodology 4.4 Results and discussion 4.5 Conclusion Notes References 5 Conceptualizations of eagle in Varieties of English: The Case of Nigerian English 1. Introduction 2. Variation of a universal: The a human is an animal metaphor 3. Data and methodology 4. Analysis and results: The conceptualization of eagle in Nigerian English 5. Discussion and conclusion Notes References 6 building Metaphors in Hong Kong Policy Addresses 1. Introduction 2. Methodology 3. Metaphor analysis – Comparison of the building source domain 4. Discussion 5. Conclusion Acknowledgments Appendix 1 Notes References 7 Embodiment Across Englishes: The Comprehension of Metaphors in Popular Song Lyrics in Canadian, Austrian, and American English 1. Introduction 2. Embodied simulations 3. Culture in language and metaphor processing 4. The current study 5. Discussion Acknowledgment Appendix: Questionnaire used in the present study Notes References Part Three Metaphor and Cultural Conceptualisations 8 Genres and Text Types from a Cross-Varietal and Cognitive-Cultural Perspective: A Case Study on the Contextualization of Classifi ed Adverts 1. Introduction: Text types and genres 2. Empirical basis 3. One genre, many text types? Matrimonial adverts across cultures and time 4. Herbalist adverts in South African English 5. Conclusions Notes References 9 Segregation and Cooperation: Cultural Models of gender in Indian and Nigerian English 1. Introduction 2. Data and method 3. Conceptualizations of gender 4. Discussion 5. Conclusion Notes References 10 Cultural Metaphors of Personification in Aotearoa English1 1. Introduction 2. Personification in the Māori worldview 3. Personification in Cognitive Linguistics 4. Data and methodology 5. Analysis 6. Conclusion Notes References 11 Transfer of Metaphorical Conceptualizations from the L1 into English: Notes on an Emerging Project 1. Introduction 2. Conceptual scripts 3. Metaphor and gesture 4. Methodological procedures 5. Data analysis 6. Discussion 7. Concluding remarks Acknowledgement Notes References Index