This volume provides descriptions and interpretations of social and cognitive phenomena as well
as processes that emerge at the interface of languages and cultures in the context of
contrastive and contact linguistics and media discourse. Different contexts are explored with
rich empirical findings and authentic exemplifying materials. The book includes fifteen papers
divided into three parts. Part 1 addresses conceptual reflection on languages and cultures in
contact and contrast while Part 2 focuses on contact linguistics and borrowing. Part 3
discusses cultural and linguistic aspects of media discourses.