Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1. Space and Time in Natural Language
Chapter 2. Politicians on Drugs: Functions of Political Metaphor across Culture
Chapter 3. Rendering Metaphor in Reported Speech
Chapter 4. Between Relativism and Truth: Jean Baudrillard, the Sokal Affair, and the Use of Scientific Terminology across Cultural Boundaries
Chapter 5. Nationalism and Culture: Some Reflections on the Construction of National Languages
Chapter 6. Language, Culture, and Gender Identities: Examining Arguments about Marriage
Chapter 7. Management, Culture, and Discourse in International Business
Chapter 8. Emotion and Labor in Cultural Comparison
Chapter 9. From "Ulla Ulla" to "Cosmic Linguistics": On Alien Language and Culture in Science Fiction
Chapter 10. Intercultural Competence: Theories into Practice

About the Author

Magda Stroinska teaches in the Department of Modern Languages, McMaster University.

Reviews

"This volume is ... a flashlight offering some interesting and unexpected explorations of the diversity and complexity of the linguistic representation of culture."  · Discours & Society "An interesting book ... The diversity of approaches contained in it and the accessibility lent by its focus on English and Indo-European languages should encourage its use in graduate seminars across several fields of study."  · Language in Society