• Media type: E-Book; Thesis
  • Title: Creativity in English as a lingua franca : idiom and metaphor
  • Contains: Frontmatter -- -- Acknowledgements -- -- Contents -- -- Abbreviations -- -- List of Figures -- -- List of Tables -- -- Introduction -- -- 1. English as a lingua franca: Why creativity? -- -- 2. Creativity, idiom and metaphor -- -- 3. Describing ELF: Analyzing VOICE -- -- 4. Creative idioms in ELF interactions: Exploring forms -- -- 5. Functions of creative idioms and metaphors in ELF interactions -- -- 6. Metaphorical creativity in ELF interactions: Discovering patterns and systematicities -- -- 7 .The multilingual dimension of metaphorical creativity -- -- 8. Implications of metaphorical creativity -- -- Appendix -- -- References -- -- Index
  • Contributor: Pitzl, Marie-Luise [VerfasserIn]
  • imprint: Boston; Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, [2018]
  • Published in: Developments in English as a Lingua Franca ; 2
  • Extent: 1 Online-Ressource (X, 288 Seiten); Illustrationen
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1515/9781501510083
  • ISBN: 9781501510083
  • Identifier:
  • Keywords: Englisch > Verkehrssprache > Kreativität > Phraseologie > Metapher
  • Origination:
  • University thesis: Dissertation
  • Footnote: In English
    Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web
  • Description: Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Introduction -- 1. English as a lingua franca: Why creativity? -- 2. Creativity, idiom and metaphor -- 3. Describing ELF: Analyzing VOICE -- 4. Creative idioms in ELF interactions: Exploring forms -- 5. Functions of creative idioms and metaphors in ELF interactions -- 6. Metaphorical creativity in ELF interactions: Discovering patterns and systematicities -- 7 .The multilingual dimension of metaphorical creativity -- 8. Implications of metaphorical creativity -- Appendix -- References -- Index