Intercultural Miscommunication Past and Present
Regular price
€56.99
Anglo-Englishes
Category=CBW
Category=CF
Category=CFB
Category=GTC
Category=GTM
Category=JB
Category=KJSP
eq_bestseller
eq_business-finance-law
eq_dictionaries-language-reference
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
eq_society-politics
Product details
- ISBN 9783631621998
- Weight: 440g
- Dimensions: 148 x 210mm
- Publication Date: 09 Apr 2012
- Publisher: Peter Lang AG
- Publication City/Country: CH
- Product Form: Hardback
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
Miscommunication has always intrigued researchers in and outside linguistics. This book takes a different perspective from what has been proposed so far and postulates a case for intercultural miscommunication as a linguistically-based phenomenon in various intercultural milieus. The contributions address cases of intercultural miscommunication in potentially confrontational contexts, like professional communities of practice, intercultural differences in various English-speaking countries, political discourse, classroom discourse, or the discourse of the past. The frameworks employed include cultural scripts, critical discourse analysis, lexicographic analysis, glosses of untranslatable terms, and diachronic pragmatics. The book shows the omnipresence of miscommunication, ranging from everyday exchanges through classroom discourse, professional encounters, to literary contexts and political debates, past and present.
Barbara Kryk-Kastovsky is professor emerita at Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań (Poland). She teaches at University of Vienna and Academy of Management in Warsaw, where she holds a professorial position. Her research interests include synchronic and diachronic pragmatics, intercultural communication, text linguistics, and discourse analysis.
