Applied Cultural Linguistics: Implications for second language learning and intercultural communication

Research in the relatively new field of cultural linguistics has implications for second language learning and intercultural communication. This volume is the first of its kind to bring together studies that examine the implications for applied programs of research in these domains. Collectively, the contributions explore the interrelationship between language, culture, and conceptualisations. Each study focuses on a different language-and-culture. The languages-cultures studied include Japanese, Chinese, Arabic, Persian, English, Aboriginal English and African English. The particular conceptual bases of the contributions range from theories of embodiment and conceptual metaphors to theories of schemas and cultural scripts. Several authors directly address the application of their observations to the fields of second language/dialect learning and intercultural communication, while others first present a theoretical analysis and then explore its practical implications. Collectively, the contributions establish a novel direction for research in applied linguistics.

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Acknowledgements
1. Applied cultural linguistics: An emerging paradigm Gary B. Palmer and Farzad Sharifian
2. Using cultural linguistics to teach English language inferential schemas used in archaeology to Japanese university students Debra J. Occhi	15–31
3. L1 cultural conceptualisations in L2 learning: The case of Persian-speaking learners of English Farzad Sharifian	33–51
4. Cultural linguistics and bidialectal education Ian G. Malcolm	53–63
5. The Chinese conceptualization of the heart and its cultural context: Implications for second language learning Ning Yu	65–85
6. The embodiment of fear expressions in Tunisian Arabic: Theoretical and practical implications Zouhair Maalej	87–104
7. Semantic primes and cultural scripts in language learning and intercultural communication Cliff Goddard and Anna Wierzbicka	105–124
8. Culture-specific conceptualisations of corruption in African English: Linguistic analyses and pragmatic applications Frank Polzenhagen and Hans-Georg Wolf	125–168
Index	169–170