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

• Autore: Pitzl Marie-Luise
• Pubblicazione: Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2018]; ©2018
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (302 pages)
• Disciplina: 401.3
• Soggetto topico: Lingua francas; English language - Globalization; Creativity (Linguistics)
• Soggetto non controllato: English as a Lingua Franca; English; Idiom; Metaphor
• 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
• Sommario/riassunto: This 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Creativity in English As a Lingua Franca
• ISBN: 1-5015-1003-7; 1-5015-1008-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910808129403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Developments in English as a lingua franca ; ; Volume 2. . 2192-8177