|  | Bratt Paulston, Christina / Kiesling, Scott F. / Rangel, Elizabeth S. (eds.)
The Handbook of Intercultural Discourse and Communication
Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics
 1. Edition February 2012
149.- Euro
2012. 552 Pages, Hardcover
- Handbook/Reference Book -
ISBN 978-1-4051-6272-2 - John Wiley & Sons
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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. It features contributions from established researchers in sociolinguistics and intercultural discourse, and explores the theoretical perspectives underlying work in the field. The book examines the history of the field, work in cross-cultural communication, and features of discourse.
From the contents
Notes on Contributors vii
Preface xv
Introduction xvii
Part I Background 1
1 Intercultural Communication: An Overview 3
Ingrid Piller
2 Perspectives on Intercultural Discourse and Communication 19
Leila Monaghan
3 Cultures and Languages in Contact: Towards a Typology 37
John Edwards
Part II Theoretical Perspectives 61
4 Interactional Sociolinguistics: Perspectives on Intercultural Communication 63
John J. Gumperz and Jenny Cook-Gumperz
5 Ethnography of Speaking 77
Scott F. Kiesling
6 Critical Approaches to Intercultural Discourse and Communication 90
Ryuko Kubota
7 Postmodernism and Intercultural Discourse: World Englishes 110
Suresh Canagarajah
Part III Interactional Discourse Features 133
8 Turn-Taking and Intercultural Discourse and Communication 135
Deborah Tannen
9 Silence 158
Ikuko Nakane
10 Indirectness 180
Michael Lempert
11 Politeness in Intercultural Discourse and Communication 205
Janet Holmes
Part IV Intercultural Discourse Sites 229
12 Anglo-Arab Intercultural Communication 231
Eirlys E. Davies and Abdelali Bentahila
13 Japan/Anglo-American Cross-Cultural Communication 252
Steven Brown, Brenda Hayashi, and Kikue Yamamoto
14 "Those Venezuelans are so easy-going!" National Stereotypes and Self-Representations in Discourse about the Other 272
Lars Fant
15 "Face," Stereotyping, and Claims of Power: The Greeks and Turks in Interaction 292
Maria Sifianou and Ar1n Bayraktarolu
16 Intercultural Communication and Vocational Language Learning in South Africa: Law and Healthcare 313
Russell H. Kaschula and Pamela Maseko
17 Indigenous-Mestizo Interaction in Mexico 337
Rocío Fuentes
Part V Interactional Domains 365
18 Translation and Intercultural Communication: Bridges and Barriers 367
Eirlys E. Davies
19 Cultural Differences in Business Communication 389
John Hooker
20 Intercultural Communication in the Law 408
Diana Eades
21 Medicine 430
Claudia V. Angelelli
22 Intercultural Discourse and Communication in Education 449
Amanda J. Godley
23 Religion as a Domain of Intercultural Discourse 482
Jonathan M. Watt
Index 496
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