{"product_id":"the-handbook-of-intercultural-discourse-and-communication-isbn-9781405162722","title":"The Handbook of Intercultural Discourse and Communication","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Handbook of\u003c\/i\u003e Intercultural Discourse and Communication\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntercultural discourse and communication is emerging as an important area of research in a highly globalized and connected world, where language and culture contact is frequent and cultural misunderstandings and misconceptions abound. The handbook contains contributions from established scholars and up-and-coming researchers from a range of subfields to survey the theoretical perspectives and applied work in this burgeoning area of linguistics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis timely volume features first a part that introduces the background detailing the scope and topics of the field; followed by one that describes four different theoretical approaches and their basic research questions, from \u003ci\u003eEthnography of Speaking\u003c\/i\u003e and John Gumperz’s \u003ci\u003eInteractional Sociolinguistics\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eCritical Approaches\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePostmodernism\u003c\/i\u003e. The third part, “Interactional Discourse Features,” describes and explains the features of talk that are frequently studied in cross-cultural research, such as turn-taking and politeness. The volume also includes a section on Interactional Discourse sites, examining cross-cultural communication (such as Greek-Turkish discourse). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe final part considers a variety of domains in which interaction takes place, such as Translation, Business, Law, Medicine, Education, and Religion.  Notes on Contributors vii  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Background\u003c\/b\u003e 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Intercultural Communication: An Overview 3\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIngrid Piller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Perspectives on Intercultural Discourse and Communication 19\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLeila Monaghan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Cultures and Languages in Contact: Towards a Typology 37\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Edwards\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Theoretical Perspectives\u003c\/b\u003e 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Interactional Sociolinguistics: Perspectives on Intercultural Communication 63\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn J. Gumperz and Jenny Cook-Gumperz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Ethnography of Speaking 77\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eScott F. Kiesling\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Critical Approaches to Intercultural Discourse and Communication 90\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRyuko Kubota\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Postmodernism and Intercultural Discourse: World Englishes 110\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSuresh Canagarajah\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Interactional Discourse Features\u003c\/b\u003e 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Turn-Taking and Intercultural Discourse and Communication 135\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDeborah Tannen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Silence 158\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIkuko Nakane\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Indirectness 180\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichael Lempert\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Politeness in Intercultural Discourse and Communication 205\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJanet Holmes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Intercultural Discourse Sites\u003c\/b\u003e 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Anglo–Arab Intercultural Communication 231\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEirlys E. Davies and Abdelali Bentahila\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Japan\/Anglo-American Cross-Cultural Communication 252\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSteven Brown, Brenda Hayashi, and Kikue Yamamoto\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 “Those Venezuelans are so easy-going!” National Stereotypes and Self-Representations in Discourse about the Other 272\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLars Fant\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 “Face,” Stereotyping, and Claims of Power: The Greeks and Turks in Interaction 292\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMaria Sifianou and Arın Bayraktaroğlu\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Intercultural Communication and Vocational Language Learning in South Africa: Law and Healthcare 313\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRussell H. Kaschula and Pamela Maseko\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Indigenous–Mestizo Interaction in Mexico 337\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRocío Fuentes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Interactional Domains\u003c\/b\u003e 365\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Translation and Intercultural Communication: Bridges and Barriers 367\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEirlys E. Davies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Cultural Differences in Business Communication 389\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Hooker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Intercultural Communication in the Law 408\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDiana Eades\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Medicine 430\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eClaudia V. Angelelli\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Intercultural Discourse and Communication in Education 449\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAmanda J. Godley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Religion as a Domain of Intercultural Discourse 482\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJonathan M. Watt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 496\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e“It is a blessing that bibliography follows each chapter where it can be quite use-ful, rather than being amassed at the end of the book.”  (\u003ci\u003eThe Delta Intercultural Academy\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 December 2012)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“In sum, “The Handbook of Intercultural Discourse and Communication” promises to be a stimulating resource with the potential to inform and to invite debate, inspiring and equipping readers to ponder recent and enduring issues anew.”  (\u003ci\u003eLinguist List\u003c\/i\u003e, 17 November 2012)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e “This book provides a rich and diverse sampling of the intercultural work going on from various linguistic perspectives, some authors being more reliant on established intercultural theory and practice and others resisting it.”\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci\u003eD\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eialogin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e,\u003c\/b\u003e 1 October 2011)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristina Bratt Paulston\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor Emerita of Linguistics at the University of Pittsburgh. She served as chair of the department from 1974 to 1989 and as director of the English Language Institute from 1969 to 1998. Her numerous publications include \u003ci\u003eIntercultural Discourse and Communication: The Essential Readings\u003c\/i\u003e (Wiley-Blackwell 2005, co-edited with Scott F. Kiesling), \u003ci\u003eSociolinguistics: The Essential Readings\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell 2003, co-edited with G. Richard Tucker), and \u003ci\u003eSociolinguistic Perspectives on Bilingual Education\u003c\/i\u003e (1992). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eScott F. Kiesling\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Pittsburgh. His work includes areas such as language and masculinities, sociolinguistic variation, discourse analysis, ethnicity in Australian English, and Pittsburgh English. His publications include \u003ci\u003eLinguistic Variation and Change\u003c\/i\u003e (2011) and \u003ci\u003eIntercultural Discourse and Communication: The Essential Readings\u003c\/i\u003e (Wiley-Blackwell 2005, co-edited with Christina Bratt Paulston). He is probably best known for his article “Dude” (2004), which appeared in the journal \u003ci\u003eAmerican Speech\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth S. Rangel\u003c\/b\u003e is the Research Associate at Learning Research and Development Center (LRDC), a Cognitive Science Research Institute at the University of Pittsburgh. Her research on early elementary language learners has focused on native language phonological interference in the reading acquisition process. Her most recent publications include chapters in the third edition of the \u003ci\u003eInternational Encyclopedia of Education\u003c\/i\u003e (2010), and \u003ci\u003eInnovative Learning Environments from the Organization\u003c\/i\u003e for Economic Co-Operation and Development (2010).   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntercultural discourse and communication is emerging as an important area of research in a highly globalized and connected world, where language and culture contact is frequent and cultural misunderstandings and misconceptions abound. The handbook contains contributions from established scholars and up-and-coming researchers from a range of subfields to survey the theoretical perspectives and applied work in this burgeoning area of linguistics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis timely volume features first a part that introduces the background detailing the scope and topics of the field; followed by one that describes four different theoretical approaches and their basic research questions, from \u003ci\u003eEthnography of Speaking\u003c\/i\u003e and John Gumperz’s \u003ci\u003eInteractional Sociolinguistics\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eCritical Approaches\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePostmodernism\u003c\/i\u003e. The third part, “Interactional Discourse Features,” describes and explains the features of talk that are frequently studied in cross-cultural research, such as turn-taking and politeness. The volume also includes a section on Interactional Discourse sites, examining cross-cultural communication (such as Greek-Turkish discourse). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe final part considers a variety of domains in which interaction takes place, such as Translation, Business, Law, Medicine, Education, and Religion.   \"Rarely does a book of this significance appear in the field of Intercultural Communication. This handbook provides the most sophisticated understanding so far of\u003cbr\u003e language processes in intercultural interactions.\" – \u003ci\u003eMin-Sun Kim, University of Hawaii\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “This panoramic survey of work on discourse and intercultural communication is destined to become a classic. The articles in it, all by renowned researchers, present state of the art scholarship on a wide range of topics from the micro-dynamics of situated interaction to broader theoretical debates on the relationship between language and culture.” – \u003ci\u003eRodney Jones, City University of Hong Kong\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “This is both a refreshing and fascinating collection on Intercultural Discourse and Communication. It brings this multidisciplinary field right up to date, with a critical and broad range of contributions that include substantial discussions of historical and thematic developments, rich with reference to specific examples. In so doing, it provides an excellent resource and should be indispensable reading to all those working in this diverse and expanding area.” – \u003ci\u003ePeter Sercombe, Newcastle University\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990250537189,"sku":"NP9781405162722","price":189.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405162722.jpg?v=1761787065","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-handbook-of-intercultural-discourse-and-communication-isbn-9781405162722","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}