Metaphor in Language and Culture across World Englishes

Marcus Callies is Professor and Chair of English Linguistics at the University of Bremen, Germany.Marta Degani is Associate Professor of English Language and Linguistics at the University of Verona, Italy and Senior Scientist of English Linguistics at the University of Klagenfurt, Austria.

• List of Contributors1. Introduction: Metaphor in Language and Culture Across World Englishes, Marcus Callies (University of Bremen, Germany) and Marta Degani (University of Klagenfurt, Austria)Part I: Theoretical and Methodological Considerations2. Important Discoveries in the Study of Metaphor in World Englishes, Raymond W. Gibbs, (University of California, Santa Cruz, USA)3. Comparing Large Electronic Corpora and Elicitation Techniques in Research on Conceptual Metaphor and Idioms in World Englishes: Validating the “Lexicon of Corruption” in West African Englishes, Marcus Callies (University of Bremen, Germany) Part II: Aspects of Variation and Culture-Specificity in the Use of Metaphor4. Animal-Based Metaphors of Womanhood in English Literary Works Set in the Indo-Aryan and Dravidian Regions of India, Atula Ahuja and Jiranthara Srioutai (Chulalongkorn University, Thailand)5. Conceptualizations of EAGLE in Varieties of English: The Case of Nigerian English, Kader Bas (University of Innsbruck, Austria)6. Building Metaphors in Hong Kong Policy Addresses, Kathleen Ahrens, Meng-han Jiang and Winnie Hui-heng Zeng (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong)7. Embodiment Across Englishes: The Comprehension of Metaphors in Popular Song Lyrics in Canadian, Austrian, and American English, Herbert Colston (University of Alberta, Canada) and Carina Rasse (University of Klagenfurt, Austria)Part III: Metaphor and Cultural Conceptualisations8. Genres and Text Types from a Cross-Varietal and Cognitive-Cultural Perspective: A Case Study on the Contextualisation of Classified Adverts, Arne Peters (University of Potsdam, Germany) and Frank Polzenhagen (University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany)9. Segregation and Cooperation: Cultural Models of GENDER in Indian and Nigerian English, Anna Finzel (University of Potsdam, Germany)10. Cultural Metaphors of Personification in Aotearoa English, Marta Degani and Alexander Onysko (University of Klagenfurt, Austria)11. Transfer of Metaphorical Conceptualizations from the L1 into English: Notes on an Emerging Project, Milene Mendes de Oliveira (University of Potsdam, Germany)Index

Ranging over five continents where some form of English is spoken, this book shows through fascinating case studies that metaphor is an indispensable conceptual tool in understanding how meaning is constructed in World Englishes. World Englishes are not simply language variants, but reflections of rich, sophisticated, local worldviews defined by metaphor.