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Record Nr.

UNINA9910467006203321

Autore

Pitzl Marie-Luise

Titolo

Creativity in English As a Lingua Franca : idiom and metaphor / / Marie-Luise Pitzl

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2018]

©2018

ISBN

1-5015-1003-7

1-5015-1008-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (302 pages)

Collana

Developments in English as a lingua Franca ; ; Volume 2

Disciplina

401.3

Soggetti

Lingua francas

English language - Globalization

Creativity (Linguistics)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Introduction -- 1. English as a lingua franca: Why creativity? -- 2. Creativity, idiom and metaphor -- 3. Describing ELF: Analyzing VOICE -- 4. Creative idioms in ELF interactions: Exploring forms -- 5. Functions of creative idioms and metaphors in ELF interactions -- 6. Metaphorical creativity in ELF interactions: Discovering patterns and systematicities -- 7 .The multilingual dimension of metaphorical creativity -- 8. Implications of metaphorical creativity -- Appendix -- References -- Index