Storytelling in multilingual and intercultural contexts / Erzählen in multilingualen und interkulturellen Kontexten

The narrative mode of thinking is foregrounded in this special issue whose overarching theme highlights the privileged status that stories and storytelling occupy in human cognition and cultural expression. Drawing on different conceptual and empirical frameworks, the nine contributions to the volume seek to examine how narrative storytelling functions both to reveal human experience and to help shape it through contextualised experiences. Focusing specifically on the multilingual and intercultural dimensions of human interaction as constructed in narrative, the articles bring to light the particular significance of narratives in negotiating linguistic and cultural diversity.