Cross-cultural encounters: linguistic perspectives

The volume includes a selection of papers presented at the AIA conference on "Cross-cultural encounters". The theme is explored from a variety of linguistic perspectives, ranging from translation studies to language policy, language varieties and studies of intercultural and interdiscourse communication. Current interest in cross-cultural encounters in the context of postcolonial, globalized and hybrid identities becomes the starting point for an exploration of the wide range of topics and approaches that characterize research in English Linguistics as currently carried out in Italy.