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The handbook of intercultural discourse and communication / edited by Christina Bratt Paulston, Scott F. Kiesling, and Elizabeth S. Rangel.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Blackwell handbooks in linguisticsPublication details: Malden, MA : John Wiley & Sons, 2012.Description: 1 online resource (1256 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781118247273
  • 1118247272
  • 9781444354324
  • 1444354329
  • 9781444354317
  • 1444354310
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Handbook of intercultural discourse and communication.DDC classification:
  • 306.44
LOC classification:
  • P94.6 .H358 2012eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intercultural communication : an overview / Ingrid Piller -- Perspectives on intercultural discourse and communication / Leila Monaghan -- Cultures and languages in contact : towards a typology / John Edwards -- Interactional sociolinguistics : perspectives on intercultural communication / John J. Gumperz and Jenny Cook-Gumprez -- Ethnography of speaking / Scott F. Kiesling -- Critical approaches to intercultural discourse and communication / Ryuko Kubota -- Postmodernism and intercultural discourse : world Englishes / Suresh Canagarajah -- Turn-taking and intercultural discourse and communication / Deborah Tannen -- Silence / Ikuko Nakane -- Indirectness / Michael Lempert -- Politeness in intercultural discourse and communication / Janet Holmes -- Anglo-Arab intercultural communication / Eirlys E. Davies and Abdelali Bentahila -- Japan/Angle-American cross-cultural communication / Steven Brown, Brenda Hayashi, and Kikue Yamamoto -- "Those Venezuelans are so easy-going!" National stereotypes and self-representations in discourse about the other / Lars Fant -- "Face," stereotyping, and claims of power : the Greeks and Turks in interaction / Maria Sifianou and Arin Bayraktarglu -- Intercultural communication and vocational language learning in South Africa : law and healthcare / Russell H. Kaschula and Pamela Maseko -- Indigenous-Mestizo interaction in Mexico / Rocio Fuentes -- Translation and intercultural communication: bridges and barriers / Eiryls E. Davies -- Cultural differences in business communication / John Hooker -- Intercultural communication in the law / Diana Eades -- Medicine / Claudia V. Angelelli -- Intercultural discourse and communication in education / Amanda J. Godley -- Religion as a domain of intercultural discourse / Jonathan M. Watt.
Summary: "The Handbook of Intercultural Discourse and Communication contains contributions from established scholars and up-and-coming researchers from a range of disciplines to survey the theoretical perspectives and applied work in this burgeoning area of linguistics. Features contributions from established researchers in sociolinguistics and intercultural discourse ; Explores the theoretical perspectives underlying work in the field ; Examines the history of the field, work in cross-cultural communication, and features of discourse ; Establishes the scope of this interdisciplinary field of study ; Includes coverage on individual linguistic features, such as indirectness and politeness, as well as sample analyses of IDC exchanges"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Intercultural communication : an overview / Ingrid Piller -- Perspectives on intercultural discourse and communication / Leila Monaghan -- Cultures and languages in contact : towards a typology / John Edwards -- Interactional sociolinguistics : perspectives on intercultural communication / John J. Gumperz and Jenny Cook-Gumprez -- Ethnography of speaking / Scott F. Kiesling -- Critical approaches to intercultural discourse and communication / Ryuko Kubota -- Postmodernism and intercultural discourse : world Englishes / Suresh Canagarajah -- Turn-taking and intercultural discourse and communication / Deborah Tannen -- Silence / Ikuko Nakane -- Indirectness / Michael Lempert -- Politeness in intercultural discourse and communication / Janet Holmes -- Anglo-Arab intercultural communication / Eirlys E. Davies and Abdelali Bentahila -- Japan/Angle-American cross-cultural communication / Steven Brown, Brenda Hayashi, and Kikue Yamamoto -- "Those Venezuelans are so easy-going!" National stereotypes and self-representations in discourse about the other / Lars Fant -- "Face," stereotyping, and claims of power : the Greeks and Turks in interaction / Maria Sifianou and Arin Bayraktarglu -- Intercultural communication and vocational language learning in South Africa : law and healthcare / Russell H. Kaschula and Pamela Maseko -- Indigenous-Mestizo interaction in Mexico / Rocio Fuentes -- Translation and intercultural communication: bridges and barriers / Eiryls E. Davies -- Cultural differences in business communication / John Hooker -- Intercultural communication in the law / Diana Eades -- Medicine / Claudia V. Angelelli -- Intercultural discourse and communication in education / Amanda J. Godley -- Religion as a domain of intercultural discourse / Jonathan M. Watt.

"The Handbook of Intercultural Discourse and Communication contains contributions from established scholars and up-and-coming researchers from a range of disciplines to survey the theoretical perspectives and applied work in this burgeoning area of linguistics. Features contributions from established researchers in sociolinguistics and intercultural discourse ; Explores the theoretical perspectives underlying work in the field ; Examines the history of the field, work in cross-cultural communication, and features of discourse ; Establishes the scope of this interdisciplinary field of study ; Includes coverage on individual linguistic features, such as indirectness and politeness, as well as sample analyses of IDC exchanges"--Provided by publisher.

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