Contacts and Contrasts in Cultures and Languages

Description

This volume provides descriptions and interpretations of social and cognitive phenomena as well as processes that emerge at the interface of languages and cultures in the context of contrastive and contact linguistics and media discourse. Different contexts are explored with rich empirical findings and authentic exemplifying materials. The book includes fifteen papers, divided into three parts. Part 1 addresses conceptual reflection on languages and cultures in contact and contrast, while Part 2 focuses on contact linguistics and borrowing. Part 3 discusses cultural and linguistic aspects of media discourses. Front Matter ....Pages i-xii Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 I Am Not a Gobi Girl! Observations on Cultural Similarities and Differences Based on Four Years of Fulbright Fellowships in Poland, Latvia, and Outer Mongolia (David Pichaske)....Pages 3-18 Meaning, Perception, and Culture in International Business Discourse: A Theoretical Perspective of Potential Conflicts (Michael B. Hinner)....Pages 19-34 Expressing Modality in Commercial Agreements and Contracts—An Analysis of Polish-English Parallel Texts (Aneta Dłutek)....Pages 35-46 Culture Diversity in G. Hofstede’s Model with Reference to English—Arabic Proverbs (Awadh G. Ba-awaidhan)....Pages 47-63 Ernest Hemingway’s “Mr. and Mrs. Elliot”: A Case of Inversion of the Romantic Philosophy of Love (Krzysztof Kosecki)....Pages 65-74 (Un)Successful Communication: Sex-Based Differences and Contrasts (Joanna Kłosowska)....Pages 75-83 Similarities and Contrasts in Multisensory Metaphorical Conceptualisations of Memories in Polish and English (Marcin Trojszczak)....Pages 85-101 Metaphors of Pride in Polish and English—A Corpus-Based Study (Agata Wężyk)....Pages 103-117 Front Matter ....Pages 119-119 Blending In: Hybridity, Identity and Creolization (Kathryn M. Hudson)....Pages 121-133 The Presence of Loanwords of Nahuatl Origin in the Press of Veracruz, Mexico (Ingrid Petkova)....Pages 135-144 Front Matter ....Pages 145-145 Contrasting News Values in Newspaper Articles and Social Media: A Discursive Approach to the US Ruling on Same-Sex Marriage (Marco Venuti, Antonio Fruttaldo)....Pages 147-161 A Corpus-Assisted Critical Discourse Analysis of “Migrants” and “Migration” in the British Tabloids and Quality Press (Anna Bączkowska)....Pages 163-181 Linguistic Differences in Headlines: Comparison Between Korean and American Newspapers (Minhyung Park)....Pages 183-192 Wellbeing and Collective Identity in Polish and English Contexts (Barbara Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk, Paul A. Wilson)....Pages 193-219 The Phenomenon of Global English in the World of Interactive Online Entertainment (Joanna Kapica-Curzytek, Małgorzata Karczewska, Richard Sharp)....Pages 221-232