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Articles in this volume are grouped under four headings: 1) The Word in Context, 2) Text and Pragmatics, 3) Linguistic and Cultural Contacts, 4) Foreign Language Teaching. Articles under the heading "The Word in Context" explore English, German, Polish idioms; multimodal meanings; expression of negation; corpus-based contrastive analysis of syntactic constructions and linguistic units in Lithuanian, German and English; linguistic aspects of advertisements; characteristics of Church Slavonic adjectives, etc. Articles in the section entitled "Text and Pragmatics" present insights into translation of taboo words from English into Lithuanian; hedging in political discourse; epistemic modality; syntactic compression; nounal compounds in English and Lithuanian; face-saving and face-threatening acts in art reviews, etc. Articles under the heading "Linguistic and Cultural Contacts" deal with convergence and divergence in europeisms; bloodlands fiction; metaphors in East poetry translations; national identity; politeness and cooperation principles in communication; disphemisms in intercultural communication; intertextuality in modern prose, etc. Articles in the section "Foreign Language Teaching" explore issues such as digital learning environments; factors of students' learning motivation; integration of Erasmus students into Lithuanian culture; acquisition of Latvian as foreign language; distant foreign language learning; development of students' cultural awareness; topical issues of English and German maturity examinations, etc.

Articles in this volume are grouped under four headings: 1) The Word in Context, 2) Text and Pragmatics, 3) Linguistic and Cultural Contacts, 4) Foreign Language Teaching. Articles under the heading "The Word in Context" explore English, German, Polish idioms; multimodal meanings; expression of negation; corpus-based contrastive analysis of syntactic constructions and linguistic units in Lithuanian, German and English; linguistic aspects of advertisements; characteristics of Church Slavonic adjectives, etc. Articles in the section entitled "Text and Pragmatics" present insights into translation of taboo words from English into Lithuanian; hedging in political discourse; epistemic modality; syntactic compression; nounal compounds in English and Lithuanian; face-saving and face-threatening acts in art reviews, etc. Articles under the heading "Linguistic and Cultural Contacts" deal with convergence and divergence in europeisms; bloodlands fiction; metaphors in East poetry translations; national identity; politeness and cooperation principles in communication; disphemisms in intercultural communication; intertextuality in modern prose, etc. Articles in the section "Foreign Language Teaching" explore issues such as digital learning environments; factors of students' learning motivation; integration of Erasmus students into Lithuanian culture; acquisition of Latvian as foreign language; distant foreign language learning; development of students' cultural awareness; topical issues of English and German maturity examinations, etc.

Articles in this volume are grouped under four headings: 1) The Word in Context, 2) Text and Pragmatics, 3) Linguistic and Cultural Contacts, 4) Foreign Language Teaching. Articles under the heading "The Word in Context" explore English, German, Polish idioms; multimodal meanings; expression of negation; corpus-based contrastive analysis of syntactic constructions and linguistic units in Lithuanian, German and English; linguistic aspects of advertisements; characteristics of Church Slavonic adjectives, etc. Articles in the section entitled "Text and Pragmatics" present insights into translation of taboo words from English into Lithuanian; hedging in political discourse; epistemic modality; syntactic compression; nounal compounds in English and Lithuanian; face-saving and face-threatening acts in art reviews, etc. Articles under the heading "Linguistic and Cultural Contacts" deal with convergence and divergence in europeisms; bloodlands fiction; metaphors in East poetry translations; national identity; politeness and cooperation principles in communication; disphemisms in intercultural communication; intertextuality in modern prose, etc. Articles in the section "Foreign Language Teaching" explore issues such as digital learning environments; factors of students' learning motivation; integration of Erasmus students into Lithuanian culture; acquisition of Latvian as foreign language; distant foreign language learning; development of students' cultural awareness; topical issues of English and German maturity examinations, etc.

Articles in this volume are grouped under four headings: 1) The Word in Context, 2) Text and Pragmatics, 3) Linguistic and Cultural Contacts, 4) Foreign Language Teaching. Articles under the heading "The Word in Context" explore English, German, Polish idioms; multimodal meanings; expression of negation; corpus-based contrastive analysis of syntactic constructions and linguistic units in Lithuanian, German and English; linguistic aspects of advertisements; characteristics of Church Slavonic adjectives, etc. Articles in the section entitled "Text and Pragmatics" present insights into translation of taboo words from English into Lithuanian; hedging in political discourse; epistemic modality; syntactic compression; nounal compounds in English and Lithuanian; face-saving and face-threatening acts in art reviews, etc. Articles under the heading "Linguistic and Cultural Contacts" deal with convergence and divergence in europeisms; bloodlands fiction; metaphors in East poetry translations; national identity; politeness and cooperation principles in communication; disphemisms in intercultural communication; intertextuality in modern prose, etc. Articles in the section "Foreign Language Teaching" explore issues such as digital learning environments; factors of students' learning motivation; integration of Erasmus students into Lithuanian culture; acquisition of Latvian as foreign language; distant foreign language learning; development of students' cultural awareness; topical issues of English and German maturity examinations, etc.

What is it about humans that makes language possible, and what is it about language that makes us human? If you are reading this, you have done something that only our species has evolved to do. You have acquired a natural language. This book asks, How has this changed us? Where scholars have long wondered what it is about humans that makes language possible, N. J. Enfield and Jack Sidnell ask instead, What is it about humans that is made possible by language? In Consequences of Language, their objective is to understand what modern language really is and to identify its logical and conceptual consequences for social life. Central to this undertaking is the concept of intersubjectivity, the open sharing of subjective experience. There is, Enfield and Sidnell contend, a uniquely human form of intersubjectivity, and it is essentially intertwined with language in two ways: a primary form of intersubjectivity was necessary for language to have begun evolving in our species in the first place and then language, through its defining reflexive properties, transformed the nature of our intersubjectivity. In the authors' analysis, social accountability—the bedrock of society—is grounded in this linguistically transformed, enhanced kind of intersubjectivity. The account of the language-mind-society connection put forward in Consequences of Language is one of unprecedented reach, suggesting new connections across disciplines centrally concerned with language—from anthropology and philosophy to sociology and cognitive science—and among those who would understand the foundational role of language in making us human

Language is part of ethnic identity, and ethnic identity in many cases, especially in Eastern and Central Europe, where ethnic nationalism is the prevailing form of nationalism, constitutes an integral part of nationalism (its other part consists of national interests as perceived by dominant groups and/or the majority). However, in the context of regional integration, the relationship between these categories undergoes a major change alongside with shifts in the identity structure.

Language is part of ethnic identity, and ethnic identity in many cases, especially in Eastern and Central Europe, where ethnic nationalism is the prevailing form of nationalism, constitutes an integral part of nationalism (its other part consists of national interests as perceived by dominant groups and/or the majority). However, in the context of regional integration, the relationship between these categories undergoes a major change alongside with shifts in the identity structure.

Language is part of ethnic identity, and ethnic identity in many cases, especially in Eastern and Central Europe, where ethnic nationalism is the prevailing form of nationalism, constitutes an integral part of nationalism (its other part consists of national interests as perceived by dominant groups and/or the majority). However, in the context of regional integration, the relationship between these categories undergoes a major change alongside with shifts in the identity structure.