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Publication details [#45968]

Sell, Jonathan P.A. 2007. A Metaphorical Basis for Transcultural Narrative: A Response to David Pan. Language and Intercultural Communication 7 (1) : 2–15.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

analogy | empathy | language and culture | metaphor | narrative

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Annotation

This study proposes a metaphorical model as a useful way of dealing with transcultural narrative. It is demonstrated how analogy and empathy enable the transcultural narrative's initial alterity to be assimilated, whilst naturally complete understanding and assimilation stay impossible.