Beyond misunderstanding : linguistic analyses of intercultural communication

Beyond misunderstanding : linguistic analyses of intercultural communication / edited by Kristin Bührig, Jan D. ten Thije.

This book challenges two tacit presumptions in the field of intercultural communication research. Firstly, misunderstandings can frequently be found in intercultural communication, although, one could not claim that intercultural communication is constituted by misunderstandings alone. This volume s...

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Other Authors: Bührig, Kristin, Thije, Jan D. ten
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, 2006.
Series:Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser., 144.
Subjects:
Intercultural communication.
Linguistics.
linguistics.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Communication Studies.
Intercultural communication
Linguistics
Interculturele communicatie.
Discourse analysis.
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Table of Contents:
  • Multilingual repertoires and the consequences for linguistic theory / Georges Lüdi
  • The cultural apparatus : thoughts on the relationship between language, culture, and society / Jochen Rehbein
  • Notions of perspective and perspectivising in intercultural communication research / Jan D. ten Thije
  • Perspectives in conflict : an alaysis of German-German conversations / Grit Liebscher
  • Beyond 'misunderstandings' and 'cultural stereotypes' : analysing intercultural communication / Jennifer Hartog
  • Intercultural communication in institutional counselling sessions / Martina Rost-Roth
  • Ethnic and social groups and their linguistic categorization / Dennis Day
  • "How are you?" "I'm hot" : an interactive analysis of small talk sequences in British-German telephone sales / Claudia Bubel
  • Where do 'we' fit in? : linguistic inclusion and exclusion in a virtual community / Lise Fontaine
  • Communicating affect in intercultural lamentations in Caucasian Georgia / Helga Kotthoff
  • Beyond competence : a multiculturist approach to intercultural communication / Shi-xu.

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