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Presents a multidisciplinary theoretical model of cultural conceptualisations and language which draws on analytical tools and theoretical advancements in several disciplines, including cognitive linguistics, cognitive anthropology, anthropological linguistics, distributed cognition, complexity science, and cognitive psychology.

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Author:   Farzad Sharifian (Monash University)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   1
Weight:   0.595kg
ISBN:  

9789027204042

ISBN 10:   9027204047
Pages:   238
Publication Date:   23 February 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. List of tables; 2. List of figures; 3. Acknowledgements; 4. Preface; 5. Part 1. Theoretical framework; 6. Chapter 1. On cultural conceptualisations; 7. Chapter 2. Distributed, emergent cultural cognition, conceptualisation and language; 8. Chapter 3. On collective cognition and language; 9. Part 2. Case studies - cultural conceptualisations in Aboriginal languages; 10. Chapter 4. Aboriginal language habitat and cultural continuity; 11. Chapter 5. Cultural conceptualisations in English words: A study of Aboriginal children in Perth; 12. Part 3. Intercultural communication; 13. Chapter 6. Cultural conceptualisations in intercultural communication: A study of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians; 14. Chapter 7. Cultural conceptualisations in English as an international language (EIL); 15. Chapter 8. Cultural schemas and intercultural communication: A study of Persian; 16. Part 4. Cross-cultural pragmatics; 17. Chapter 9. The Persian cultural schema of Shekasteh-Nafsi: Cultural schemas in compliment responses in Persian and Anglo-Australian speakers; 18. Chapter 10. Semantic and pragmatic conceptualisations within an emerging variety: Persian English; 19. Part 5. Culture, body, self, and language; 20. Chapter 11. Cultural conceptualisations of 'Self' and del 'heart/stomach' in Persian; 21. Chapter 12. Conceptualisations of Cheshm 'eye' and 'perception' in Persian; 22. Part 6. Political discourse; 23. Chapter 13. Figurative language in international political discourse: The case of Iran; 24. Chapter 14. Politics and/of translation: Case studies between Persian and English; 25. Final words; 26. References; 27. Index

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