Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-233) and index
Cultural Conceptualisations and Language; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; List of tables; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Preface; I. Theoretical framework; II. Case studies: Cultural conceptualisations in Aboriginal Languages; III. Intercultural communication; IV. Cross-cultural pragmatics; V. Culture, body, self and language; VI. Political discourse; Final words; References; Index
This book presents a multidisciplinary theoretical model of cultural conceptualisations and language. Viewing language as firmly grounded in cultural cognition, the model draws on analytical tools and theoretical advancements in several disciplines, including cognitive linguistics, cognitive anthropology, anthropological linguistics, distributed cognition, complexity science, and cognitive psychology. The result is a framework that has significant implications for those disciplines as well as for applied linguistics. Applications of the model to intercultural communication, cross-cultural prag