Linguistic and Extralinguistic in Interaction

Linguistic research has always, either explicitly or implicitly, dealt with the interaction of linguistic phenomena and extralinguistic reality. Whether we are talking about targeted analyses of the nature of their interaction or whether this interaction is implied and taken for granted, linguistics has always been interested in its dynamics and manifestations. Thanks to the abundance of communicative channels (primarily those enabled/afforded by the electronic media) that modern society employs to satisfy its communication needs, the interaction between linguistic phenomena and the extralinguistic reality is becoming richer and more diversified. This is the reason why the 2020 Croatian Applied Linguistics Conference was precisely dedicated to this topic.

Anita Memisevic´ is an associate professor at the English Department of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Rijeka, Croatia. Her research interests include semantics of verbs and verbal prefixes, bilingualism, psycholinguistics, cognitive linguistics, neurolinguistics and translation. She has published and presented several papers in Croatia and abroad and has authored a book on the grammar of the English language. She has also co-edited three books of proceedings.

Mihaela Matesic´ is an associate professor at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the 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 various scientific projects on the national, international and university levels. She is an author and co-editor of several books and has also authored or co-authored numerous scientific papers published in Croatia and abroad.