Language and Mind: Proceedings from the 32nd International Conference of the Croatian Applied Linguistics Society

The topic of the book is the relationship between mind and language on all levels of linguistic research. Over the past decade, the cognitive approach to language and its methodology have started to permeate other areas of linguistic study, which, in turn, is opening up room for new types of research and resulting in new knowledge that contributes to explaining not only the linguistic phenomena, but also how they function in a linguistic community and contemporary society. The book tries to reflect these new developments. It consists of 11 chapters organized into three thematic sections: language and mind from linguistic perspective, the language and mind of the translator, and language and mind from the teacher’s perspective.

Mihaela Matesic is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Rijeka, Croatia. Her research interests include phonology, semantics, pragmatics, sociolinguistics and cognitive linguistics. As a main researcher or a member of a research team she has contributed to more than ten scientific projects on the national, international and university level. She is an author and co-editor of several books as well as an author and co-author of many scientific papers published in Croatia and abroad.

Anita Memisevic is Assistant Professor at the English Department, University of Rijeka. Her research interests include semantics of verbs and verbal prefixes, bilingualism, psycholinguistics, cognitive linguistics and translation. She has published and presented a number of papers in Croatia and abroad and has authored a book.