Screen LibraryHandbook of intercultural communication /
In today s globalized world of international contact and multicultural interaction, effective intercultural communication is increasingly seen as a pre-requisite for social harmony and organisational success. This handbook takes a ?problem-solving? approach to the various issues that arise in real-l...
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De Gruyter Mouton,
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| Publisher Address: | Berlin ;Boston : |
| Publication Dates: |
[2008] ©2007 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Handbooks of applied linguistics [hal] ;
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| Online Access: |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9783110198584 http://www.degruyter.com/doc/cover/9783110198584.jpg |
| Summary: |
In today s globalized world of international contact and multicultural interaction, effective intercultural communication is increasingly seen as a pre-requisite for social harmony and organisational success. This handbook takes a ?problem-solving? approach to the various issues that arise in real-life intercultural interaction. The editors have brought together experts from a range of disciplines, including linguistics, psychology and anthropology, to provide a multidisciplinary perspective on the field, whilst simultaneously anchoring it in Applied Linguistics. Key features: provides a state-of-the-art description of different areas in the context of intercultural communication presents a critical appraisal of the relevance of the field offers solutions of everyday language-related problems international handbook with contributions from renown experts in the field |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (582pages). |
| ISBN: | 9783110198584 |
| Index Number: | P94 |
| CLC: | G115 |
| Contents: |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- I. Multidisciplinary perspectives on intercultural -- communication -- Editors introduction -- 2. Discourse, cultural diversity and communication: -- a linguistic anthropological perspective -- 3. A cognitive pragmatic perspective on -- communication and culture -- 4. Psychological perspectives: social psychology, -- language, and intercultural communication -- 5. Emotion and intercultural adjustment -- 6. Multidisciplinary perspectives on intercultural -- conflict: the Bermuda Triangle of conflict, culture and -- II. Intercultural perspectives on communicative -- practices and processes -- 7. Intercultural communication and the relevance of -- cultural specific repertoires of communicative genres -- 8. Humour across cultures: joking in the -- multicultural workplace -- 9. Ritual and style across cultures -- 10. Lingua franca communication in multiethnic -- contexts -- 11. The impact of culture on interpreter -- behaviour -- III. Intercultural communication in different -- sectors of life -- 12. Intercultural communication in healthcare -- settings -- 13. Differences and difficulties in intercultural -- management interaction -- 14. Understanding Aboriginal silence in legal -- 15. Schools and cultural difference -- 16. The cultural context of media -- interpretation -- 17. Cross-cultural communication in intimate -- relationships -- IV. Issues and Debates -- 18. Discrimination in discourses -- 19. Power and dominance in intercultural -- 20. Communicating Identity in Intercultural -- Communication -- 21. Communities of practice in the analysis of -- intercultural communication -- V. Assessing and developing intercultural -- competence -- 22. Intercultural competence and assessment: -- perspectives from the INCA Project -- 23. Intercultural Training -- 24. Adapting authentic workplace talk for workplace -- intercultural communication training -- Backmatter |