Contacts and Contrasts in Cultures and Languages

Dr. habil. Barbara Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk is a full professor of English and Applied Linguistics at the State University of Applied Sciences in Konin, Poland and head of the Department of Research in Language, Literature and Translation. She previously served for many years as head of the Department of English Language and Applied Linguistics at the University of Lodz, Poland. She is the author or editor of numerous books and papers on cognitive and corpus linguistics, collaborative knowledge acquisition and translation. She is a recipient of Polish Academy of Sciences awards, was selected as an Honorary Professor in Linguistics and Modern English Language at the University of Lancaster, UK, and has been invited to read papers at conferences and give workshops at various European, American and Asian universities.

I am Not a Gobi Girl! Observations on Cultural Similarities and Differences Based on Four Years of Fulbright Fellowships in Poland, Latvia, and Outer Mongolia.- Meaning, Perception, and Culture in International Business Discourse: A Theoretical Analysis of Potential Conflicts.- Expressing Modality in Commercial Agreements and Contracts - The Analysis of Polish-English Parallel Texts.- Culture Diversity in English - Arabic Proverbs.- Ernest Hemingway's "Mr. and Mrs. Elliot": A Narrative of a Failed Romance.- (Un)successful Communication: Sex-based Differences and Contrasts.- Similarities and Contrasts in Multisensory Metaphorical Conceptualisations of Memories in Polish and English.- Metaphors of Pride in Polish and English - A Corpus-based Study.- Blending In: Hybridity, Identity and Creolization.- The Presence of Loanwords of Nahuatl Origin in the Press of Veracruz, Mexico.- Contrasting News Values in Newspaper Articles and Social Media: A Discursive Approach to the US Ruling on Same-Sex Marriage.- A Corpus-assisted Critical Discourse Analysis of "migrants" and "migration" in the British Tabloids and Quality Press.- Linguistic Differences in Headlines: Comparison between Korean and American Newspapers.- Well-being and Collective Identity in Cross-cultural Contexts.- The Phenomenon of Global English in the World of Interactive Online Entertainment.