Applied cultural linguistics : implications for second language learning and intercultural communication

Edited by Farzad Sharifian and Gary B. Palmer
Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins, 2007

ISBN: 9789027238948

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Book description
Research in the relatively new field of cultural linguistics has implications for second language learning and intercultural communication. This volume is the first of its kind to bring together studies that examine the implications fro applied programs of research in these domains. Collectively, the contributions explore the interrelationship between language, culture, and conceptualisations. Each study focuses on a different language-and-culture. The languages-cultures studies include Japanese, Chinese, Arabic, Persian, english, Aboriginal English and African English. The particular conceptual bases of the contributions range from theories of embodiment and conceptual metaphors to theories of schemas and cultural scripts. Several authors directly address the application of their observations to the fields of second language/dialect learning and intercultural communication, while others first present a theoretical analysis and then explore its practical implications. Collectively, the contributions establish a novel direction for research in applied linguistics.
Converging evidence in language and communication research, 1566-7774 ; v. 7.

About the author
Farzad Sharifian, Ph.D., is the Postgraduate Coordinator of the Program of English as an International Language, School of Languages, Cultures, and Linguistics, at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
Gary Palmer is Professor Emeritus in Anthropology & Ethnic Studies at the University of Nevada Las Vegas.

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