Over the last decade or so, Cultural Linguistics has witnessed tremendous growth and development theory-, methodology-, and application-wise. [T]he trailblazing spearhead figure within Cultural Linguistics is undoubtedly Farzad Sharifian who has written several key publications since the early 2000s.[...]While primarily aimed at fellow researchers, the monograph is written such that it is relatively easy to read, and even novice academics (such as BA students who have been introduced to academic writing), should not find tackling the monograph a daunting task.[...]CL maps out the Cultural Linguistic landscape, which is not only helpful to the groups of readers mentioned above, but also important, as it can help prospective, novice and even veteran Cultural Linguist navigate the landscape of Cultural-Linguistic theorizing and findings.

- Kim Ebensgaard, University of Copenhagen, in RASK, Volume 48 (Autumn, 2018),

<i>Cultural Linguistics</i> represents an important milestone in the development of research into the relationship between language and cultural conceptualisations. It provides the reader with a detailed discussion of the theoretical and analytical framework of Cultural Linguistics. The work includes in-depth discussions of the instruments of analysis which are being utilized by this increasingly influential approach to unravelling the way that language, culture, and conceptualisation are intertwined. Moreover, these instruments are put into practice in a wide-ranging and brilliantly argued set of chapters in which the role of cultural schemas, cultural metaphors and cultural categories, is laid out and elaborated upon, using many concrete examples drawn several languages and language varieties. The book provides the reader not only with an overview of the field, including the relationship between Cultural Linguistics and cultural relativity, but also demonstrates how these tools of analysis can be brought to bear on a variety of topics. In short, I consider this work to be the most important contribution to the emerging field of Cultural Linguistics to date.

- Roslyn M. Frank, The University of Iowa,

<i>Cultural Linguistics</i> provides a brilliant overview over the theoretical foundations, analytical dimensions, and practical applications of the emergent framework of studying language as a dynamic system instantiating cultural conceptualisations. By linking new, ground-breaking theoretical and methodological models with linguistic examples from languages on all continents and from intercultural communication (and miscommunication), Farzad Sharifian opens new perspectives on linguistic relativity, metaphor studies, pragmatics, emotion research, religious and political discourses, World Englishes and Teaching English as an International Language. The research programme of Cultural Linguistics is truly under way.

- Andreas Musolff, University of East Anglia,