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Publication details [#12160]
Charteris-Black, Jonathan. 2000. Figuration, lexis and cultural resonance: A corpus based study of Malay. Pragmatics 10 (3) : 281–300. 
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
International Pragmatics Association
ISBN
1018-2101
Journal DOI
10.1075/prag
Annotation
A methodology for describing cultural resonance is outlined and applied to Malay. It is noted that the study of figurative language may help to understand the connection between Malay lexis and culture.