TY  - BOOK
AU  - Barbara Kryk-Kastovsky
PY  - 2012
CY  - Berlin, Germany
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 2082-7350
SN  - 9783653013535
TI  - Intercultural Miscommunication Past and Present
DO  - 10.3726/978-3-653-01353-5
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1045918
N2  - 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.
KW  - literary translation, political language, vague language, doctor-patient interaction, Anglo-Englishes, multicultural Australia, Natural Semantic Metalanguage
LA  - English
ER  -