Handbook of intercultural communication [electronic resource] / edited by Helga Kotthoff, Helen Spencer-Oatey.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Kotthoff, Helga
Spencer-Oatey, Helen, 1952-
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, c2009.
Series:Handbooks of applied linguistics ; 7
Subjects:
Intercultural communication.
Online Access:
ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete: 2007 (Ebook Central @ Proquest)
EBSCO eBooks: 2007 (EBSCO)
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2007 (EBSCO)
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Introduction / Helen Spencer-Oatey and Helga Kotthoff
  • Section I. Multidisciplinary perspectives on intercultural communication: Editors' introduction
  • 2. Discourse, cultural diversity and communication: a linguistic anthropological perspective / John Gumperz and Jenny Cook-Gumperz
  • 3. A cognitive pragmatic perspective on communication and culture / Vladimir Žegarac
  • 4. Psychological perspectives: social psychology, language and intercultural communication / Madeleine Brabant, Bernadette Watson and Cindy Gallois
  • 5. Emotion and intercultural adjustment / David Matsumoto, Seung Hee You and Jeffrey A. LeRoux
  • 6. Multidisciplinary perspectives on intercultural conflict: the 'Bermuda Triangle' of conflict, culture and communication / Nathalie van Meurs and Helen Spencer-Oatey
  • Section II. Intercultural perspectives on communicative practices and processes:
  • Editors' introduction: 7. intercultural communication and the relevance of cultural specific repertoires of communicative genres / Susanne Günthner
  • 8. Humour across cultures: joking in the multicultural workplace / Meredith Marra and Janet Holmes
  • 9. Ritual and style across cultures / Helga Kotthoff
  • 10. Lingua franca communication in multiethnic contexts / Christiane Meierkord
  • 11. The impact of culture on interpreter behaviour / Helen Spencer-Oatey and Jianyu Xing
  • Section III. Intercultural communication in different sectors of life: Editors' introduction: 12. Intercultural communication in healthcare settings / Celia Roberts
  • 13. Differences and difficulties in intercultural management interaction / Peter Franklin
  • 14. Understanding Aboriginal silence in legal contexts / Diana Eades
  • 15. Schools and cultural difference / Albert Scherr
  • 16. The cultural context of media interpretation / Perry Hinton
  • 17. Cross-cultural communication in intimate relationships / Ingrid Piller
  • Section IV. Issues and Debates: Editors' introduction: 18. Discrimination in discourse / Martin Reisigl
  • 19. Power and dominance in intercultural communication / Winfried Thielmann
  • 20. Communicating identity in intercultural communication / Janet Spreckels and Helga Kotthoff
  • 21. Communities of practice in the analysis of intercultural communication / Saskia Corder and Miriam Meyerhoff
  • Section V. Assessing and developing intercultural competence: Editors' introduction: 22. Intercultural competence and assessment: perspectives from the INCA project / Elisabeth Prechtl and Anne Davidson Lund
  • 23. Intercultural training / Martina Rost-Roth
  • 24. Adapting authentic workplace talk for workplace communication training / Jonathan Newton
  • Contributors
  • Index.