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Intercultural Miscommunication Past and Present

by Barbara Kryk-Kastovsky (Volume editor)
©2012 Edited Collection 262 Pages

Summary

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.

Details

Pages
262
Publication Year
2012
ISBN (PDF)
9783653013535
ISBN (Hardcover)
9783631621998
DOI
10.3726/978-3-653-01353-5
Language
English
Publication date
2012 (May)
Keywords
literary translation political language vague language doctor-patient interaction Anglo-Englishes multicultural Australia Natural Semantic Metalanguage
Published
Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Warszawa, Wien, 2012. 262 pp., 16 tables, 7 graphs
Product Safety
Peter Lang Group AG

Biographical notes

Barbara Kryk-Kastovsky (Volume editor)

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.

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