Across Borders - Cultural and Linguistic Shifts in the 21st Century

Intercultural encounters accompanying the movement of individuals and groups receive a variety of expressions and call for a debate in an interdisciplinary context. The present volume brings together articles investigating aspects of culture, language, media and literature in the context of a world made more mobile than ever before. The authors cover a wide range of areas in humanities and social sciences, esp. literature, translation and interpreting, communication and health communication, media studies, cultural studies, and teaching methodology.

List of contents

minority cultures and literatures - migration and narration - the other in literature - communication styles - pragmatics of intercultural communication - humour and irony in cultural context - cross-cultural aspects of translation and language teaching.

Product details

• Assisted by: Ewa Rusek (Editor), W¿adys¿aw Witalisz (Editor), Wladyslaw Witalisz (Editor)
• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2020
• EAN: 9783631829974
• ISBN: 978-3-631-82997-4
• No. of pages: 246
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 210 mm x 216 mm
• Weight: 391 g
• Illustrations: 16 Abb.
• Series: Text - Meaning - Context: Cracow Studies in English Language, Literature and Culture; Text ¿ Meaning ¿ Context: Cracow Studies in English Language, Literature and Culture
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures