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Intercultural discussion of conceptual universals in discourse: joint online methodology to bring about social change through novel conceptualizations of Covid-19

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  • Zsuzsanna Schnell

    (University of Pécs)

  • Francesca Ervas

    (University of Cagliari)

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The present article addresses the professional conclusions of an international platform of education in intercultural discourse in the European Union’s EDUC Project. In flagging social issues and concerns, cross-cultural academic collaboration is a powerful tool to bring about social change. In our educational project participants encounter different cultures, so the discussed topics, and especially the metaphors for the Covid-19 pandemic, receive instant reflections from different cultural perspectives, multiplying the potential sphere of valid interpretations, yielding novel perspectives in intercultural pragmatics and communication. This gives birth to a novel methodology that builds on the open-minded integration of different points of view, understanding universal traits of human cognition and differences in culture in the linguistics of discourse.

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  • Zsuzsanna Schnell & Francesca Ervas, 2022. "Intercultural discussion of conceptual universals in discourse: joint online methodology to bring about social change through novel conceptualizations of Covid-19," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 9(1), pages 1-10, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:pal:palcom:v:9:y:2022:i:1:d:10.1057_s41599-022-01230-4
    DOI: 10.1057/s41599-022-01230-4
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    1. Donghong Liu, 2023. "Pragma-dialectical perspective to intercultural discussion as communicative activity," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 10(1), pages 1-9, December.

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