What is it about?
This volume (Cognitive Linguistic Studies in Cultural Contexts) marks the breaking of new ground in culturally oriented cognitive studies of language. The chapters bring together contributions to the field of cultural linguistics, exploring cultural conceptualizations in a variety of domains. Signs of Life encourage a growing engagement by scholars around the world, from different disciplinary traditions, with the dynamics of language, culture and identity.
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Why is it important?
Signs of Life is important because of its contribution to fostering a dialogue between different disciplines focused on the interaction of language and culture in individual and cultural identity construction. It also provides the opportunity for senior and early-career international researchers to work together on a common platform, in order to disseminate high-quality research work and to establish effective and long-lasting interdisciplinary relationships. I hope it will inspire others to enter this fascinating and timely interdisciplinary field.
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This book addresses a topic in which we are passionately interested and engaged as an anthropologist, psychologist and linguist studying language and culture. Research into language thought and culture has not focused much in the past on questions of culture, language and identity, and this book provides a fascinating glimpse into the diversity of topics that researchers are currently working on.
Dr Vera Da Silva Sinha
University of East Anglia
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This page is a summary of: Language, Culture and Identity – Signs of Life, April 2020, John Benjamins,
DOI: 10.1075/clscc.13.
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