02872nam 2200601 450 991080812940332120230814224112.01-5015-1003-71-5015-1008-810.1515/9781501510083(CKB)4100000005958582(MiAaPQ)EBC5516770(DE-B1597)496747(OCoLC)1046605949(DE-B1597)9781501510083(Au-PeEL)EBL5516770(CaPaEBR)ebr11610631(OCoLC)1054064473(EXLCZ)99410000000595858220181002d2018 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierCreativity in English As a Lingua Franca idiom and metaphor /Marie-Luise PitzlBerlin ;Boston :De Gruyter Mouton,[2018]©20181 online resource (302 pages)Developments in English as a lingua Franca ;Volume 21-5015-1688-4 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 -- IndexThis book investigates formal characteristics and discourse functions of linguistic creativity at the level of idioms in spoken ELF as represented in the Vienna-Oxford International Corpus of English (VOICE). Building on the findings of previous ELF research, the book proposes that creativity might serve as a fundamental concept in accounting for the variation that seems to be central to describing and understanding English as a lingua franca.Developments in English as a lingua franca ;Volume 2.2192-8177Lingua francasEnglish languageGlobalizationCreativity (Linguistics)English as a Lingua Franca.English.Idiom.Metaphor.Lingua francas.English languageGlobalization.Creativity (Linguistics)401.3Pitzl Marie-Luise1636502MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910808129403321Creativity in English As a Lingua Franca3977818UNINA