Dialogue and culture

Dialogue and culture / edited by Marion Grein, Edda Weigand.

The volume deals with the relationship between language, dialogue, human nature and culture by focusing on an approach that considers culture to be a crucial component of dialogic interaction. Part I refers to the so-called 'language instinct debate' between nativists and empiricists and i...

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Other Authors: Grein, Marion, 1966-, Weigand, Edda
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2007.
Series:Dialogue studies ; v. 1.
Subjects:
Language and culture.
Biolinguistics.
Dialogue analysis.
Intercultural communication.
Speech acts (Linguistics)
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Sociolinguistics.
Biolinguistics
Dialogue analysis
Intercultural communication
Language and culture
Culturele verschillen.
Dialogen.
Interculturele communicatie.
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Table of Contents:
  • Dialogue and Culture; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Preface to the Series; Table of Contents; Introduction; I. Language, Biology and Culture; Minds in Uniform; The Sociobiology of Language; II. Theoretical Positions; Some General Thoughts about Linguistic Typology and Dialogue Linguistics; Intercultural Dialogue and Academic Discourse; The Speech Act of Refusal within the Minimal Action Game; Gestural Regulators in French, Japanese and American English Dialogues; Quantity Scales; III. Empirically Oriented Studies of the 'Mixed Game'; Dialogue Interpreting as Intercultural Mediation.

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