Edizione	[Reprint 2010]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Berlin ; ; New York, : Mouton de Gruyter, 1989
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (632 p.)
Disciplina	401/.9
Altri autori (Persone)	ColemanHywel
Collana	Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL]
Soggetto topico	Language and languages
ISBN	3-11-084922-4
Classificazione	ES 100
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Front matter -- Working with language: an introduction / Coleman, Hywel -- 1 Language in operational crisis. Editorial preface -- 2 Language and history. Editorial preface -- 3 Language training for immigrant professionals. Editorial preface -- 4 Relationships between language and work. Editorial preface -- 5 The language of courtroom resistance. Editorial preface -- 6 Language and scientific work. Editorial preface -- 7 The language of bureaucracy. Editorial preface -- 8 The language of drama translation. Editorial preface -- 9 The language of doctors and their patients. Editorial preface -- 10 The language of medical research. Editorial preface -- 11 The language of computer conversations. Editorial preface -- 12 Testing the language of health personnel. Editorial preface -- 13 Language and occupation in Bombay. Editorial preface -- 14 Language for specific purposes. Editorial preface -- 15 Language in police work. Editorial preface -- 16 Language in the jury selection process. Editorial preface -- 17 The language of business negotiation. Editorial preface -- 18 Language and education in Peru. Editorial preface -- 19 The language of nurse counsellors. Editorial preface -- Notes on contributors -- Bibliography -- Author index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910815990003321

Autore	Wolf Hans-Georg <1963->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Berlin ; ; New York, : Mouton de Gruyter, c2009
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (302 p.)
Disciplina	306.44 427/.96
Altri autori (Persone)	PolzenhagenFrank
Collana	Applications of cognitive linguistics
Soggetto topico	English language - Variation - Africa Cognitive grammar - Africa Intercultural communication - Africa Sociolinguistics - Africa English language - Africa
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-282-07312-5 9786612073120 3-11-019922-X
Classificazione	HF 560
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of abbreviations -- Preface -- 1. Approaches to world Englishes: Paradigms, positions, and perspectives -- 1.1. Cognitive Linguistics and the study of world Englishes -- 1.2. The world Englishes paradigm -- 1.3. The Cognitive Linguistic paradigm and the study of language variation -- 1.4. Scope, methodology, and empirical basis of our study -- 2. The cultural model of community in African English: A comparative account -- 2.1. Analytical tools: Conceptual metaphor, cultural models, conceptual networks -- 2.2. Aspects of the African community model -- 2.3. Interim summary -- 2.4. The African community model and politics -- 2.5. Summary and implications of the analysis -- 3. Reflections on the study of intercultural communication -- 3.1. Arguments for a hermeneutic approach to the study ofintercultural communication -- 3.2. Foci of a hermeneutic approach to intercultural communication and a critique of functionalist positions -- 3.3. Intercultural understanding and the problem of relativism -- 3.4. Concluding remarks -- Backmatter
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910454066903321

Pubbl/distr/stampa	[Berlin] : , : Mouton de Gruyter
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource
Soggetto topico	Phraseology Linguistics
Soggetto genere / forma	Periodicals.
ISSN	1868-6338
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Periodico
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910449239303321