Barbara Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk is Professor Ordinarius and Chair of English Language and Applied Linguistics at the University of Lodz, Poland, and Professor of English Linguistics at the Academy of International Studies in Lodz. Her research interests are primarily in semantics and pragmatics of natural language, corpus linguistics, and their applications in translation studies and lexicography. She has published a range of books and papers in these areas and lectured at universities in Europe, America, and Asia.Hanna Pulaczewska studied English and General Linguistics at the University of Lódz, Poland, and the University of Regensburg, Germany. She is Professor of English Linguistics at the Academy of International Studies in Lodz and holds courses at the University of Regensburg. Her publications and academic teachings focus on contrastive pragmatics and rhetoric, sociolinguistics and cognitive linguistics. She has also taught intercultural communication in business ventures.

From the editors: About this book, by Hanna Pułaczewska / Barbara Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk
Some critical comments on intercultural communication issues in the European context, by Volker Hinnenkamp
Part I. Arenas of diversity and identity: Forms of discourse and representation
Stadt der vielen Kulturen – Stadt der 'Lodzermenschen': Komplexe lokale Identitaten bei den Bewohnern der Industriestadt Lodz 1820-1939/1945, by Frank M. Schuster
How much Europe?, by Barbara Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk / Jerzy Tomaszczyk
The discursive interface of national, European and sexual identities: Preliminary evidence from the Eurovision Song Contest, by Heiko Motschenbacher
Code-mixing narratives: Storytelling of adolescents with migrant background, by Volker Hinnenkamp
Ethno-Comedy und riskanter Humor in der Clique. Rassistisch, einfach spasig oder besonders cool?, by Helga Kotthoff
Mass-mediated multiculturalism and identity: Representations of Muslims in the British press, by Monika Kopytowska
Part II. Arenas of (supra-)national institutional action: Policies on language and culture
The cost of European multilingualism, by Aurélien Portuese
Language and political disintegration: The case of Yugoslavia, by Marko Babić
Multiculturalism and socio-lingual conventions in Canada: A lesson for united Europe?, by Adam Bednarek
Part III. Arenas of mediation: Acquisition and practice of intercultural competence
Interkulturelle Kompetenz am Beispiel eines deutschen Unternehmens in Polen, by Beata Grzeszczakowska-Pawlikowska
Sensitizing trainees to situational cultural differences: Critical Incidents revisited, by Kaisu Korhonen
Teaching intercultural competence for unequal business encounters: A dyadic or global scheme?, by Hanna Pułaczewska
Intercultural communication training in the European context: An evaluation of a Socrates project, by Ewa Maciejewska-Stępień
Anteil eines Dolmetschers an der Imagearbeit und am Beziehungsmanagement beim Gesprachsdolmetschen (Deutsch-Polnisch), by Magdalena Jurewicz
Part IV. Europe and the US: Arenas of transatlantic perception and (mis-)comprehension
Making "Friends" globally: Comprehension of cultural references in a TV genre, by Marta Dynel
The state of international media coverage, by Richard Profozich
Index of authors / Verzeichnis der Autorinnen und Autoren