Zoltán Kövecses

Preface The essays in this volume have grown out of a conference entitled The Success of American English: Teaching American Studies in Central Europe, organized by the Department of American Studies, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, in May, 1995. The main goal of the conference was to see...

PREFACE In speaking a foreign language, we have all had the experience that we express ourselves in the simplest way possible. We tend to use direct, short, literal ways of speaking. We also tend to avoid what is colorful and imaginative. In short, what we leave out is idiomatic language. Since...