Space and Time in Language

All human activity takes place in space and time in one way or another, which is consequently reflected in our language. We not only talk about space and time but also cannot but ground our linguistic activity in space and time. Furthermore, space and time are closely, although asymmetrically, related in our experience and we often think and talk about one in terms of the other. Specifically, time is conceived in terms of space far more frequently than vice versa. The volume contains a selection of essays that are revised versions of papers presented at the 23rd annual conference of the Croatian Applied Linguistics Society (CALS), entitled «Space and Time in Language: Language in Space and Time», which took place from 21 to 23 May 2009 in Osijek (Croatia).

Mario Brdar, Marija Omazić, Višnja Pavičić Takač, Tanja Gradečak-Erdeljić and Gabrijela Buljan teach various courses in English linguistics, translation studies and English Language Teaching (ELT) methodology in the Department of English at the Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek.