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Publication details [#44187]

Wolf, Hans-Georg and Frank Polzenhagen. 2006. Intercultural communication in English: Arguments for a cognitive approach to intercultural pragmatics. Intercultural Pragmatics 3 (3) : 285–321.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

cognitive linguistics | intercultural communication | intercultural pragmatics | language and culture | lingua franca

Language as a subject

English

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.com/journal/key/IPRG/html

Annotation

This paper argues that cognitive linguistics can extend our comprehension of the different cultures of the interactants in intercultural communication. It also deals with the effects of the use of English in intercultural communication in the light of recent debates in the domain of world Englishes.