Rukmini Bhaya Nair
List of John Benjamins publications for which Rukmini Bhaya Nair plays a role.
Journals
ISSN 2214-3157 | E-ISSN 2214-3165
Articles
2022 Postcolonial pragmatics Handbook of Pragmatics: 24th Annual Installment, Östman, Jan-Ola and Jef Verschueren (eds.), pp. 35–78 | Chapter
2022 Postcolonial pragmatics Handbook of Pragmatics: Manual, Verschueren, Jef and Jan-Ola Östman (eds.), pp. 1083–1121 | Chapter
2020 Caste and language Handbook of Pragmatics: 23rd Annual Installment, Östman, Jan-Ola and Jef Verschueren (eds.), pp. 77–110 | Chapter
2020 Chapter 13. Figuring it out: Old modes and new codes for multimodality, technology and creative performativity in 21st century India Performing Metaphoric Creativity across Modes and Contexts, Hidalgo-Downing, Laura and Blanca Kraljevic Mujic (eds.), pp. 311–342 | Chapter
Satya Nadella, Vikram Chandra and Manjul Bhargava, three public figures of Indian origin, have recently suggested that significant similarities exist between the creative processes involved in writing poetry and in producing computer codes. This paper explores some of the consequences of drawing on… read more
2011 States of reason and reasons of state: Noam Chomsky’s metaphors as a dialogue across disciplines Language and Dialogue 1:2, pp. 266–291 | Article
Over the past half-century, Noam Chomsky has established a powerful intellectual presence in two apparently unrelated domains of discourse — the field of theoretical linguistics and the arena of anti-establishment politics. This paper examines Chomsky’s use of metaphor across these domains, arguing… read more