The paper discusses the interrelation between word meaning and human cognition in a multicultural... more The paper discusses the interrelation between word meaning and human cognition in a multicultural context based on the notion of the "American Melting Pot". The article tackles upon the revised version of the linguistic relativity principle by bringing new approaches and reviews to the old Sapir-Whorf hypothesis. It also addresses such issues as immigrant authors writing in the so-called "literary ghetto" and factors influencing their individual style.
This paper touches upon one of the key realia in ICC namely food domain culture-bound concepts. I... more This paper touches upon one of the key realia in ICC namely food domain culture-bound concepts. It also casts light on various interpretations by both Western and Russian scholars and is strongly based on individual empirical study. Food domain realia are viewed in American, English and Armenian societies with an attempt to facilitate intercultural communication. The study was carried out from bottom to top; that is from word to text level.
The paper discusses the interrelation between word meaning and human cognition in a multicultural... more The paper discusses the interrelation between word meaning and human cognition in a multicultural context based on the notion of the "American Melting Pot". The article tackles upon the revised version of the linguistic relativity principle by bringing new approaches and reviews to the old Sapir-Whorf hypothesis. It also addresses such issues as immigrant authors writing in the so-called "literary ghetto" and factors influencing their individual style.
This paper touches upon one of the key realia in ICC namely food domain culture-bound concepts. I... more This paper touches upon one of the key realia in ICC namely food domain culture-bound concepts. It also casts light on various interpretations by both Western and Russian scholars and is strongly based on individual empirical study. Food domain realia are viewed in American, English and Armenian societies with an attempt to facilitate intercultural communication. The study was carried out from bottom to top; that is from word to text level.
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