In:Cultural models of GENDER and HOMOSEXUALITY in Indian and Nigerian English
Anna Finzel
[Cognitive Linguistic Studies in Cultural Contexts 17] 2025
► pp. ix–xii
Published online: 12 September 2025
https://doi.org/10.1075/clscc.17.toc
https://doi.org/10.1075/clscc.17.toc
Table of contents
AcknowledgementsXIII
List of figuresXV
List of tablesXVII
List of abbreviationsXXI
Chapter 1.Introduction1
1.1Cultural Linguistics and Cognitive Sociolinguistics3
1.2Central terms5
1.2.1Cultural conceptualisations5
1.2.2Cultural models9
1.3World Englishes12
1.4Cognitive-linguistic approaches to world Englishes15
1.5Research goal and structure of this book20
Chapter 2.Methodology22
2.1Interviews22
2.1.1Sampling and implementation of interviews22
2.1.2Interview questions26
2.1.3Transcription, annotation and analysis30
2.2Films34
2.2.1Films as multimodal data34
2.2.2Film selection36
2.2.3Analysis37
2.3Online survey38
2.3.1Tasks38
2.3.2Informants39
Chapter 3.Conceptualisations of gender41
3.1Findings from the interview corpus: female gender and male gender41
3.1.1Word lists42
3.1.2Collocational patterns46
3.1.3A few explanatory remarks on the concept analysis50
3.1.4The concepts female space and male space52
3.1.5The concepts woman’s task and man’s task56
3.1.6The concepts woman’s achievement and man’s achievement62
3.1.7The concepts woman and man67
3.2Findings from the interview corpus: third gender in IndE80
3.2.1Word list83
3.2.2The concepts they and we85
3.2.3The concept hijra87
3.2.4Spatial conceptualisations92
3.3Findings from the film corpus95
3.3.1Conceptualisations in the Indian films95
3.3.2Conceptualisations in the Nigerian films105
3.4Interim summary117
Chapter 4.Cultural models of gender118
4.1The Indian cultural model of gender: Segregation119
4.1.1Description of the model119
4.1.2The interrelation of conceptualisations in the Indian model127
4.2The Nigerian cultural model of gender: Cooperation132
4.2.1Description of the model132
4.2.2The interrelation of conceptualisations in the Nigerian model138
4.3Interim summary141
Chapter 5.Conceptualisations of homosexuality: A diachronic view143
5.1Precolonial conceptualisations in India and West Africa143
5.2Colonial conceptualisations and their implementation in India and West Africa148
5.3Findings from the interview corpus153
5.3.1Word lists154
5.3.2Collocational patterns156
5.3.3Neutral, positive and negative connotation158
5.3.4The concept homosexuality160
5.4Findings from the online survey172
5.5Interim summary176
Chapter 6.Cultural models of homosexuality177
6.1The Indian cultural model of homosexuality: Innateness177
6.1.1Description of the model177
6.1.2The interrelation of conceptualisations in the Indian model180
6.1.3The relation between the Indian models
of homosexuality and gender183
of homosexuality and gender183
6.2The Nigerian cultural model of homosexuality: Acquisition184
6.2.1Description of the model184
6.2.2The interrelation of conceptualisations in the Nigerian model187
6.2.3The relation between the Nigerian models
of homosexuality and gender189
of homosexuality and gender189
6.3Interim summary191
Chapter 7.Conclusion193
References195
Appendices211
A.Consent form212
B.Sociodemographic questionnaire213
C.List of films215
D.Conceptualisations of woman and man (BrE)217
E.Linguistic examples for conceptualisations217
Index
