Description
Book SynopsisThis book offers a range of empirically-based case studies in the field of cultural linguistics and neighbouring disciplines such as intercultural pragmatics and language pedagogy. The first section explores intercultural communication and cross-linguistic/cross-cultural investigations in settings such as Brazil, Nigeria, Cameroon, Tanzania, Morocco, France and Canada. The second section focuses on applications of cultural linguistics in the field of foreign language teaching. By drawing on English as a Foreign Language and English as a Second Language contexts, the case studies presented further examine the ramification of cultural linguistics in the language classroom, enabling a better understanding of culture-specific conceptual differences between learners’ first and target language(s).
Table of ContentsCategorisation – Cultural conceptualisation – Intercultural communication – Intercultural communicative competence – Language teaching – Collocations – Conceptual structure –Conceptual metaphors – Cultural practices – Cultural perception of diseases – Cultural schema – Cultural model
