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Focusing on intercultural communication, this book explores the often overlooked interactions between Chinese- and English-speakers that occur through interpreters. It offers a contemporary framework for understanding these exchanges, highlighting the unique challenges and dynamics involved in mediated communication. By examining the nuances of language and culture, it sheds light on the complexities that arise in interpreter-mediated conversations.

The study analyzes the Croatian speech of 100 bilingual adults in Melbourne, focusing on the incorporation of English words and structures into their Croatian. It compares these English-origin forms to contemporary models of code-switching and highlights grammatical deviations from standard Croatian. The findings suggest potential impacts of contact-induced language change, making this work a significant contribution to the understanding of code-switching and the dynamics of languages in contact.

This book is a description of the lexical and structural features in the speech of speakers who have a common heritage language, Croatian. As a highly inflective language, Croatian offers excellent scope as a base language to examine instances of le

Since the fall of communism in 1989, cross-border co-operation between neighbouring states has become a feature of the 'common European home' project. A prominent exception to this trend is Macedonia which today is still subjected to blockade politics and the absence of respect and recognition for Macedonian language, nationality and ethnicity. As a part of Europe under the control of the Ottomans until 1912, Macedonia was less captured by the allure of national romanticism than other areas of Europe, and an embryonic notion of multi-national statehood appeared there. This notion was based on local and regional practices that encompassed groups with different linguistic, cultural and religious heritages rather than being based exclusively on ethnic or religious affiliations. Such a conception of 'nation' ­ which could perhaps provide an aspirational model for many post-industrial, multi-cultural societies in Western Europe in the 21st century ­ was suppressed by the 19th-century nationalism that still characterises much of European politics. This multi-disciplinary book of 15 papers features contributions from historians, political analysts, social theorists, linguists, educationalists and legal specialists tracing the consequences of the Balkan Wars (1912-1913) and the partition of Macedonia on the social, cultural and linguistic landscape of this region.