Creativity in English as a Lingua Franca: Idiom and Metaphor

Creativity in English as a Lingua Franca: Idiom and Metaphor This book investigates formal characteristics and discourse functions of linguistic creativity at the level of idioms in spoken ELF as represented in the Vienna-Oxford International Corpus of English (VOICE). Building on the findings of previous ELF research, the book proposes that creativity might serve as a fundamental concept in accounting for the variation that seems to be central to describing and understanding English as a lingua franca. Autor: Marie-Luise Pitzl Wydawnictwo: De Gruyter Rok wydania: 2018 Okładka: twarda Liczba stron: 301 Wymiary: 23 x 15.5 cm Ilustracje: 10 Tables, black and white; 20 Illustrations, black and white Język: angielski ISBN: 9781501516887