Research Catalog

Title

Communication across cultures : mutual understanding in a global world / Heather Bowe and Kylie Martin.

Author

Bowe, Heather J. (Heather Joan), 1947-

Publication

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

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Details

Additional Authors

Martin, Kylie.

Description

xiv, 194 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

"Communication Across Cultures examines the ways in which spoken and written language may be interpreted depending on the context and expectations of the participants. Key concepts are drawn from linguistic pragmatics and discourse analysis, and studies of politeness and cross-cultural communication. The book has many examples from a variety of languages and cultures - from Japan to Germany, from the Americas to Africa, and to Australia. This book is intended for students of linguistics and related disciplines, and interdisciplinary researchers who have no specialised knowledge of linguistics. Relevant literature and recent research are featured and explained throughout for the benefit of students who are learning how research in this field is conducted, and also for interdisciplinary researchers wishing to incorporate some of these perspectives into their own work ."--Jacket.

Subject

• Intercultural communication
• Politeness (Linguistics)
• Speech acts (Linguistics)
• Discourse analysis
• Translating and interpreting
• Grammar, Comparative and general > Honorific
• 05.12 communication processes
• Grammar, Comparative and general > Honorific
• Discourse analysis
• Intercultural communication
• Translating and interpreting
• Kulturkontakt
• Diskursanalyse
• Sprechakt
• Internationale communicatie
• Communication interculturelle
• Actes de parole
• Analyse du discours

Genre/Form

Educational tools (form)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-192) and index.

Contents

1. Culture, communication and interaction -- 2. Direct and indirect messages : the role of social context identified by Grice and Searle -- 3. Politeness and face -- 4. Speech acts and politeness across cultures -- 5. The analysis of conversation -- 6. Power relations and stereotyping -- 7. Naming and addressing : expressing deference, respect, and solidarity -- 8. Cultural differences in writing -- 9. Interpreting and translating -- 10. Intercultural communication issues in professional and workplace contexts -- 11. Towards successful intercultural communication.

ISBN

• 9780521695572
• 0521695570

LCCN

• 2006034831
• 9780521695572

OCLC

• ocn144596989
• 144596989
• SCSB-1444700

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library