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1 online resource (765 pages) |
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Language in Society ; v. 38 |
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Language in Society
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| Contents |
Cover; Language in Society; Title page; Copyright page; List of Figures; Series Editor's Preface; Preface to the First Edition; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface to the Third Edition; 1 What Is a Discourse Approach?; The Problem with Culture; Discourse; What Is Communication?; What This Book Is Not; Researching Interdiscourse Communication; 2 How, When, and Where to Do Things with Language; Sentence Meaning and Speaker's Meaning; Speech Acts, Speech Events, and Speech Situations; Grammar of Context; "Culture" and Context; Researching Interdiscourse Communication |
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3 Interpersonal Politeness and PowerCommunicative Style or Register; Face; The Paradox of Face: Involvement and Independence; Face Systems; Three Face Systems: Deference, Solidarity, and Hierarchy; Miscommunication; Variations in Face Systems; Social Organization and Face Systems; Researching Interdiscourse Communication; 4 Conversational Inference: Interpretation in Spoken Discourse; How Do We Understand Discourse?; Cohesive Devices: Lexical and Grammatical; Cognitive Schemata and Scripts; Prosodic Patterning: Intonation and Timing; Metacommunication; Interactive Intelligence |
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Researching Interdiscourse Communication5 Topic and Face: Inductive and Deductive Patterns in Discourse; What Are You Talking About?; Topic, Turn Exchange, and Timing; Deductive Monologues; The Inductive Pattern; Face: Inductive and Deductive Rhetorical Strategies; Face Relationships in Written Discourse; Limiting Ambiguity: Power in Discourse; Researching Interdiscourse Communication; 6 Ideologies in Discourse; Three Concepts of Discourse; The Utilitarian Discourse System; What "Counts" as an Ideology?; Researching Interdiscourse Communication; 7 Forms of Discourse; Functions of Language |
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Clarity, Brevity, and Sincerity RevisitedModes, Media, and the Materiality of Discourse; Researching Interdiscourse Communication; 8 Socialization; The Individual and "Culture"; Socialization in the Utilitarian Discourse System; Socialization and the "Historical Body"; Researching Interdiscourse Communication; 9 Corporate and Professional Discourse; Voluntary and Involuntary Discourse Systems; The Corporate Discourse System (Corporate Culture); Professional Discourse Systems; Researching Interdiscourse Communication; 10 Generational Discourse; Involuntary Discourse Systems |
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The Ideologies of Individualism in the United StatesSix Generations of Chinese; Researching Interdiscourse Communication; 11 Gender and Sexuality Discourse; Gender and Sexuality; Gender Discourse Systems; Sexuality; "Gay Culture" and the Utilitarian Discourse System; The "Tongzhi Discourse System"; Researching Interdiscourse Communication; 12 Doing "Intercultural Communication"; Discourse Systems and the Individual; Differences Which Make a Difference: Discourse Systems; Intercultural Communication as Mediated Action; Avoiding Miscommunication; Researching Interdiscourse Communication |
| Summary |
This newly revised edition is both a lively introduction and practical guide to the main concepts and challenges of intercultural communication. Grounded in interactional sociolinguistics and discourse analysis, this work integrates theoretical principles and methodological advice, presenting students, researchers, and practitioners with a comprehensive and unified resource. Features new original theory, expanded treatment of generations, gender and corporate and professional discourse Offers improved organization and added features for student and classroom use, including advice on |
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| Subject |
Intercultural communication.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Sociolinguistics.
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Intercultural communication
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Discourse analysis.
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Interculturele communicatie.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Scollon, Suzanne B. K.
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Jones, Rodney H
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| ISBN |
9781118149683 |
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1118149688 |
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