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Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. List of abbreviations ix
5. Preface xi
6. 1. Approaches to world Englishes: Paradigms, positions, and perspectives
7. 1.1. Cognitive Linguistics and the study of world Englishes 1
8. 1.2. The world Englishes paradigm 2
9. 1.3. The Cognitive Linguistic paradigm and the study of language variation 28
10. 1.4. Scope, methodology, and empirical basis of our study 47
11. 2. The cultural model of community in African English: A comparative account
12. 2.1. Analytical tools: Conceptual metaphor, cultural models, conceptual networks 57
13. 2.2. Aspects of the African community model 72
14. 2.3. Interim summary 158
15. 2.4. The African community model and politics 159
16. 2.5. Summary and implications of the analysis 178
17. 3. Reflections on the study of intercultural communication
18. 3.1. Arguments for a hermeneutic approach to the study ofintercultural communication 183
19. 3.2. Foci of a hermeneutic approach to intercultural communication and a critique of functionalist positions 188
20. 3.3. Intercultural understanding and the problem of relativism 202
21. 3.4. Concluding remarks 207
22. Backmatter 211