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How different are we? : spoken discourse in intercultural communication : the significance of the situational context
- Title
- How different are we? : spoken discourse in intercultural communication : the significance of the situational context / Helen Gay Fitzgerald.
- Author
- Fitzgerald, Helen, 1940-
- Publication
- Clevedon ; Buffalo : Multilingual Matters, ©2003.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | P94.6 .F58 2003 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- x, 261 pages; 22 cm.
- Summary
- "This study raises and answers a number of questions of interest not only to linguists but also to many educators, sociologists and business people. What values are most salient in these mixed cultural groups? Which values appear to be most enduring and which cause clashes between groups? To what extent do participants retain the communication style identified with their first language when speaking English and how do these different styles impact on the communication? What are the causes of success and failure in the interactions? What problems arose in this relatively favourable situational context? Finally, how can training develop both intercultural and lingua-cultural (in this case English) communication competencies? To answer this last question, interactions which took place before, during and after training are compared in order to demonstrate how some of these competencies can be developed and an outline of the methods and materials used in this training is provided."--Jacket.
- Series Statement
- Languages for intercultural communication and education ; 4
- Uniform Title
- Languages for intercultural communication and education ; 4.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Aufsatzsammlung.
- Festschrift.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 248-257) and index.
- Contents
- The data -- Cultural value systems : an overview of the literature -- Data analysis : cultural values reflected in the discourse -- Communication styles : an overview of the literature -- Data analysis : discourse organisation and rhetorical strategies -- Data analysis : turn-taking patterns and the distribution of talk -- Data analysis : assertiveness, disagreement, and conflict -- Developing communication.
- ISBN
- 1853596205
- 9781853596209
- 1853596191
- 9781853596193
- 1853596213
- 9781853596216
- LCCN
- 2002014329
- OCLC
- ocm50561619
- 50561619
- SCSB-1286010
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library