Language in culture – culture in language

Abstract

Language in Culture, Culture in Language is a collection of selected papers presented at 1st International Interdisciplinary Conference on CHALLENGES IN LANGUAGE organised by the Institute of Foreign Languages, State Higher Vocational School in Nowy Sącz, Poland in cooperation with Gazi University, Turkey on 26-27 September 2013. The papers have been reviewed by specialists in linguistics and literary studies to ensure that they meet academic standards. The Conference hosted scholars representing very diverse fields of expertise (literary studies, translation studies, theology, linguistics, applied linguistics), which is reflected in the interdisciplinary nature of the present volume. Although a great majority of the articles in this volume are in English, the scholars’ interests were not limited to the English-speaking countries, and also included the languages and cultures of such countries as China, Sweden, Turkey, or Poland.