Introduction: Cultural Linguistics and (Re)conceptualized Tradition: Past in Present

The study of the intersection of language, cognition, and culture has received distinguished attention in several disciplines, which share the common goal of exploring meaning-making processes at different levels of human communication in a complex way. This common interest has created a dialogue between cognitive linguistics and other previously separate disciplines, such as ethnolinguistics, anthropological linguistics, and cognitive psychology, branches of which fields (i.e., cognitive anthropology, ethnosemantics, and cognitive psychology) “have been incorporated and elaborated in CL [i.e., cognitive linguistics] from the early days on” (Wolf & Polzenhagen 2009: 30). Further expansions are the interconnection between cognitive linguistics and sociolinguistics, which has resulted in the growing field of cognitive sociolinguistics and Cultural Linguistics. The latter discipline is interested in reflecting core values and conventions linked with a cultural community.