This study considers the question of how specific ideas about Jews are constructed and activated. At which point can a statement be regarded as anti-Semitic? The two authors examine the various verbal manifestations of current anti-Semitism and the mental images on which these are based, applying both a historical perspective and the perspective of linguistic and cognitive science.

The Internet has not only transformed our verbal communication but has also changed all methods of recording, transmitting, and managing information. The subject of this volume is the interaction between technological development and communicative practice, as well as its socio-cognitive dynamics. This anthology, which contains contributions by experts in the fields of social psychology, communication studies, and linguistics, undertakes a critical discussion of interaction in the age of technology. In doing so, it makes an important contribution to scientific discourse about processes of convergence between technology, culture, and society, using the example of the Internet.

Anti-Jewish sentiment and prejudice are not a fringe-group phenomenon. In recent years the inhibition threshold for expressing anti-Semitic content in public has become lower, with Israel often serving as a screen for projecting anti-Jewish sentiment. This anti-Semitism of the mainstream of society was the focus of an interdisciplinary symposium in 2009 at Friedrich Schiller University Jena. The book contains the conference contributions, in which eminent experts on anti-Semitism such as Wolfgang Benz, Jehuda Reinharz and Martin Kloke analyse the phenomenon.

English summary: The metaphor as a linguistic and intellectual phenomenon is one of the most fascinating subjects of cognitive linguistics. Metaphors are systematically analyzed on the levels of word, sentence and text. Phenomena such as innovative and lexicalized metaphors, the cognitive processing and pragmatic function of metaphorical expressions as well as metaphors in the process of text comprehension are theoretically explained and illustrated with the help of a large number of authentic examples. Separate chapters deal with metaphors in mass media and in literary texts. The book is suitable as a basis for teaching and for self-study. Integrated exercises help in further applying the content in practice. German description: Die Metapher ist als sprachliches und geistiges Phanomen einer der faszinierendsten Gegenstande der kognitiven Linguistik. Metaphern werden systematisch im Hinblick auf die Ebenen Wort, Satz und Text erortert. Unter anderem werden innovative und lexikalisierte Metaphern, die kognitive Verarbeitung und pragmatische Funktion metaphorischer Ausserungen sowie Metaphern im Textverstehensprozess theoretisch erlautert und an zahlreichen authentischen Beispielen veranschaulicht. Metaphern in massenmedialen und in literarischen Texten werden in eigenen Kapiteln behandelt. Der Band ist als Grundlage fur Lehrveranstaltungen und fur das Selbststudium geeignet. Anhand der integrierten Ubungen konnen die Inhalte vertiefend angewandt werden.