Prof. Dr habil. Barbara Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk is the head of the Department of Research in Language and Communication, State University of Applied Sciences in Konin. Her research focuses on cognitive semantics and pragmatics of language contrasts, corpus linguistics, and their applications in translation studies, lexicography, and online discourse analysis.Dr. Valeria Monello is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Catania, Italy. Her main research themes include translation, media, and gender studies.Dr. Marco Venuti is a tenured lecturer at the University of Catania, Italy. His research focuses on corpus-assisted analyses of political discourse, news discourse, and more recently social media.

• List of Contributors Introduction Barbara Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk, Marco Venuti, Valeria MonelloPart 1: Cognition, Emotion and Language 1. A Mindful Approach to Affairs of the Heart Paul A. Wilson2. With Rhyme and Reason: Revisiting Roman Jakobson’s "Linguistics and Poetics" Iain Halliday3. The Conceptual World(s) of Wisdom and Intelligence Aneta Dłutek4. Cultural Conceptualizations of Love in English and PolishJacek Tadeusz Waliński5. Depicting Mother and Child Relationship: Love You Forever in Translation Salvatore M. Ciancitto6. Contextual Oppositeness in Elaborate Emotion Event Scenarios: Love-Hate Relationship Barbara Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk and Paul A. Wilson7. Light-Blooded, Blood-Fumed and Blood-Rich: Cultural Conceptualizations of vér ‘blood’ in Hungarian Judit Baranyiné Kóczy8. The Power of Metaphors in Different Context-Related Registers: The Case of Metaphorical Idioms Anna Dąbrowska9. I’ve been there, so I can empathize… Polish and English Verbal Expressions Denoting Empathy Marta Falkowska10. How to Die (死: sǐ) Properly in Modern Mandarin Chinese: A Cognitive-Pragmatic Account Andrew HC. Chuang11. The Issue of Cruelty in the Selected Translations of Dickens Agnieszka Kałużna12. Beyond Emotions (and Back): Non-verbal Communication in Language and InteractionEmanuela Campisi13. Metaphors for Regulating Emotions　– A Cognitive Corpus-Based Study of English, Italian, and Polish Marcin Trojszczak and Chiara Astrid GebbiaPart 2: Cognition, Emotion and Media Discourse14. Communing Affiliation and the Power of Bonding Icons in Collective Narratives: The Case of #GrowingUpGay Antonio Fruttaldo15. Inclusive (and Not) Uses of Pronouns and Honorifics in the British Press Angela Zottola16. "Are you really voting for your favourites?" Multimodal Genres and Ideology in Talent Shows Mariavita Cambria17. The Female Voice in Televised Political Debates: A Case Study Donata Cucchiara18. Punctuation and Emotions: A Study on the Pragmatics of Punctuation in Texting Giuliana Russo19. #ComeOutForTransEquality! Twitter Discourses on the Gender Recognition Act Reform Marco Venuti20. Neither Soul Food, nor Slave Food Made You Fat: Passion and Affection in Soul Food Discourse Valeria Monello and Francesca Vigo21. Creating "Moppa": Identity Construction and Expressive Meaning Valeria MonelloAbout the Authors