A cultural journey through the English lexicon: [... are a selection of the papers originally presented at the Lexis conference in Verona on 11-13 November 2010, entitled The study of lexicon across cultural identities and textual genres]

Abstract

This book is a metaphorical journey through the English lexicon, viewed as a vehicle and a mirror of cultural identity. From the translatability of phrases and metaphors to genre-specific terms, from English as a Lingua Franca to English language teaching, the studies collected here testify to the fact that in English - and overall in language - word contextualization or lack of contextualization impinges on linguistic utterances and leads to differing interpretations of the textual message. The book may be of interest to a wide range of scholars and students who are concerned Other the study