Self-Study as a Methodology for Exploring Cultural and Cross-Cultural Tensions

a frame semantic approach to the study of translating cultural scripts in salingers franny and zooey

the frame semantic theory is a nascent approach in the area of translation studies which goes beyond the linguistic barriers and helps us to incorporate cognitive and cultural factors to the study of translation. based on rojos analytical model (2002b), which centered in the frames or knowledge structures activated in the text, the present research explores the various translation problems that...

A Cross-Cultural Study of Predictors 1 Running head: CROSS-CULTURAL PREDICTORS OF SELF-HANDICAPPING A Cross-Cultural Study of Predictors of Self-handicapping in University Students

Cultural self-awareness as a crucial component of military cross-cultural competence.

The military forces in the United States represent a unique culture that includes many subcultures within their own military society. Acculturation into the military often deemphasizes the influence of personal narrative and thereby establishes the primacy of military culture over personal cultural influences. The authors make the argument that military personnel need to further develop an unde...

A Cross-linguistic and Cross-cultural Study of Epistemic Modality Markers in Linguistics Research Articles

Epistemic modality devices are believed to be one of the prominent characteristics of research articles as the commonly used genre among the academic community members. Considering the importance of such devices in producing and comprehending scientific discourse, this study aimed to cross–culturally and cross-linguistically investigate epistemic modality markers as an important subcategory...

Strategic self-presentation online: A cross-cultural study

0747-5632/$ see front matter 2012 Elsevier Ltd. A http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2012.07.022 ⇑ Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 716 361 8405. E-mail addresses: [email protected] (J. (M.A. Stefanone). Contemporary social networking sites (SNSs) make idealized self-presentation and image maintenance difficult because users’ audiences are becoming more diverse and individual users must negotiate ...