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In:Cultural models of GENDER and HOMOSEXUALITY in Indian and Nigerian English
Anna Finzel
[Cognitive Linguistic Studies in Cultural Contexts 17] 2025
► pp. xiii–xiv

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Acknowledgements

Published online: 12 September 2025
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https://doi.org/10.1075/clscc.17.ack
I would like to express my deepest gratitude to Hans-Georg Wolf, whose constant support and thoughtful feedback were enormously helpful and encouraging. Working with him has been inspiring at all times. Equipped with a wonderful sense of humour, he is a “Doktorvater” who keeps careful watch of his “Doktorfamilie” and I’m grateful for being part of this family.
I received grants from the DAAD for my research stay in Delhi and from the Coordination Office for Gender Equality at the University of Potsdam — many thanks for placing confidence in my project. Indispensable assistance also came from the team of the Potsdam Graduate School and the staff at the university library.
A number of colleagues have shared their knowledge and friendship with me over the past years, an exchange that has been nothing but rewarding: Milene Mendes de Oliveira, Arne Peters, Denisa Latić, Frank Polzenhagen, Alexander Onysko, Marcus Callies, Eva Kimminich, Farzad Sharifian, who sadly passed away much too early, and many others.
A lot of people went to any lengths to help me conduct the interviews during my research visits, in particular: Herbert Igboanusi, Beky, Tayo and Lekon in Ibadan; Ira Raja, Shaswati Mazumdar, Nandan, Maaz, Basundhara and Sayonee in Delhi; Marije van Hattum, Max and, above all, Annabell in Manchester. And of course, this book would not have been possible without the informants, whose valuable contributions are very much appreciated. I will always remember the wonderful encounters we had.
My warmest thoughts are also with the best friends in the world: Sarah, Tom, Mareen, Amir, Julius, Bille, Kerstin, Uli and my disc golf crew, the TreeHuggingFriends Kai, Andi, Christopher and Jan.
The biggest thanks are owed to my family and above all my parents Anette and Tilman, who have always supported me in every imaginable way. I don’t know where I would be without their unconditional love and encouragement. The same holds true for my siblings Lydia, Simon and Elisa, my nephew Max and the “Mannheimer” Birgit, Thomas, Florian, Lisa, Raphael, Milena and Valerie. And of course Tante Trudel, who was an inspiration to everyone, and the rest of my huge crazy family.
In order to be able to work in science, you need a most understanding and compassionate partner, and I’ve found that in Christian. We’ve been made the happiest parents in the world by our froggy Fridolin and it’s impossible to even try to express the deep love that we feel for him. Being part of this trio of ours fills me with so much joy, and I can’t wait to see our love grow bigger every day.
Longer and shorter passages of the following publications have been integrated into this book, and I’m very thankful for the kind permission by the publishers and co-authors:
Finzel, A. (2016). Multimodal metaphors in films: people are animals as a gendered conceptualization across Englishes. In L. Pungă (Ed.), Language in use: Metaphors in non-literary contexts (pp. 223–238). Cambridge Scholars Publishing. (with kind permission by Cambridge Scholars Publishing)Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Finzel, A. & Wolf, H.-G. (2017). Cultural conceptualizations of gender and homosexuality in British, Indian, and Nigerian English. Cognitive Linguistic Studies, 4(1), 110–130. (with kind permission by John Benjamins and Hans-Georg Wolf)Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
(2019). Metaphors as contact phenomena? The influence of local concepts on source and target domain. In E. Zenner, A. Backus, & E. Winter-Froemel (Eds.), Cognitive Contact Linguistics: Placing usage, meaning and mind at the core of contact-induced variation and change (pp. 187–211). Mouton de Gruyter. (with kind permission by Mouton de Gruyter and Hans-Georg Wolf)Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Finzel, A. (2021). A space for everybody? Conceptualisations of the hijras in Indian English as a showcase for gendered space in Indian society. In M. Sadeghpour & F. Sharifian (Eds.), Cultural Linguistics and World Englishes (pp. 193–215). Springer. (with kind permission by Springer) Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
(2021). Innate or acquired? homosexuality and cultural models of gender in Indian and Nigerian English. In H.-G. Wolf, D. Latić, & A. Finzel (Eds.), Cultural-linguistic explorations into spirituality, emotionality, and society (pp. 185–212). John Benjamins. (with kind permission by John Benjamins) Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
(2021). Segregation and cooperation: Cultural models of gender in Indian and Nigerian English. In M. Callies & M. Degani (Eds.), Metaphor in language and culture across world Englishes (pp. 183–217). Bloomsbury. (with kind permission by Bloomsbury) Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Polzenhagen, F., Finzel, A., & Wolf, H.-G. (2021). Colonial cultural conceptualizations and world Englishes. In A. Onysko (Ed.), Research developments in World Englishes (pp. 199–230). Bloomsbury. (with kind permission by Bloomsbury, Frank Polzenhagen and Hans-Georg Wolf) Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Finzel, A. (2016). Multimodal metaphors in films: people are animals as a gendered conceptualization across Englishes. In L. Pungă (Ed.), Language in use: Metaphors in non-literary contexts (pp. 223–238). Cambridge Scholars Publishing. (with kind permission by Cambridge Scholars Publishing)Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Finzel, A. & Wolf, H.-G. (2017). Cultural conceptualizations of gender and homosexuality in British, Indian, and Nigerian English. Cognitive Linguistic Studies, 4(1), 110–130. (with kind permission by John Benjamins and Hans-Georg Wolf)Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
(2019). Metaphors as contact phenomena? The influence of local concepts on source and target domain. In E. Zenner, A. Backus, & E. Winter-Froemel (Eds.), Cognitive Contact Linguistics: Placing usage, meaning and mind at the core of contact-induced variation and change (pp. 187–211). Mouton de Gruyter. (with kind permission by Mouton de Gruyter and Hans-Georg Wolf)Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Finzel, A. (2021). A space for everybody? Conceptualisations of the hijras in Indian English as a showcase for gendered space in Indian society. In M. Sadeghpour & F. Sharifian (Eds.), Cultural Linguistics and World Englishes (pp. 193–215). Springer. (with kind permission by Springer) Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
(2021). Innate or acquired? homosexuality and cultural models of gender in Indian and Nigerian English. In H.-G. Wolf, D. Latić, & A. Finzel (Eds.), Cultural-linguistic explorations into spirituality, emotionality, and society (pp. 185–212). John Benjamins. (with kind permission by John Benjamins) Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
(2021). Segregation and cooperation: Cultural models of gender in Indian and Nigerian English. In M. Callies & M. Degani (Eds.), Metaphor in language and culture across world Englishes (pp. 183–217). Bloomsbury. (with kind permission by Bloomsbury) Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Polzenhagen, F., Finzel, A., & Wolf, H.-G. (2021). Colonial cultural conceptualizations and world Englishes. In A. Onysko (Ed.), Research developments in World Englishes (pp. 199–230). Bloomsbury. (with kind permission by Bloomsbury, Frank Polzenhagen and Hans-Georg Wolf) Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
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