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LINGUIST List 20.1843

Tue May 12 2009

Books: Discourse Analysis/Pragmatics: Danesi, Rocci

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        1.    Julia Ulrich, Global Linguistics: Danesi, Rocci
Message 1: Global Linguistics: Danesi, Rocci
Date: 11-May-2009
From: Julia Ulrich <julia.ulrichdegruyter.com>
Subject: Global Linguistics: Danesi, Rocci
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Title: Global Linguistics
Subtitle: An Introduction
Series Title: Mouton Textbook
Published: 2009
Publisher: Mouton de Gruyter
                http://www.mouton-publishers.com

Book URL: http://www.degruyter.de/cont/fb/sk/detailEn.cfm?isbn=978-3-11-021406-2

Author: Marcel Danesi
Author: Andrea Rocci
Electronic: ISBN: 9783110214048 Pages: 270 Price: ---- Comment: Price on request.
Hardback: ISBN: 9783110214055 Pages: 270 Price: Europe EURO 99.95
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Paperback: ISBN: 9783110214062 Pages: 270 Price: U.S. $ 39.95 Comment: for orders placed in North America
Paperback: ISBN: 9783110214062 Pages: 270 Price: Europe EURO 34.95
Abstract:

Available in Hardcover and Paperback!

The book provides an introduction to an interdisciplinary field of inquiry
that can be called "global linguistics" (GL). GL emerges to tackle the
ever-growing phenomenon of intercultural communication (IC) in today's
world of international contacts. The specific aim of GL is to look at the
form and contents of dialogues among speakers of different cultural
backgrounds who will use a "default language" or koiné (usually English) to
interact, in order to detect communication breakdowns at various levels of
"depth," as well as the opportunities for developing sound intercultural
communication practice.

The book includes an accessible presentation of fundamental questions
concerning languages and language use. Among the questions addressed are
the universal design features of languages, the connection between language
and conceptual systems, how people use language to coordinate their actions
and interact in a variety of social contexts, and the place of language in
a semiotic view of culture. The volume also addresses how language, context
and culture shape the way in which we argue a point and try to persuade
other people, and why intercultural argumentation is both necessary and risky.

"Global Linguistics: An Introduction" describes fundamental notions in
linguistics and cognate fields and is thus well-suited for use as a
textbook in courses dealing with IC in general. At the same time, the book
is of general interest to scholars in linguistics and communication
studies, as it places particular emphasis on theoretical models such as
argumentation theory and conceptual metaphor theory, which are generally
not presented in textbooks on language and IC.

Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis
                            Pragmatics

Written In: English (eng )

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http://linguistlist.org/get-book.html?BookID=41681

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Brill http://www.brill.nl
Cambridge Scholars Publishing http://www.c-s-p.org
Cambridge University Press http://us.cambridge.org
Cascadilla Press http://www.cascadilla.com/
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd http://www.continuumbooks.com
Edinburgh University Press http://www.eup.ed.ac.uk/
Elsevier Ltd http://www.elsevier.com/linguistics
Emerald Group Publishing Limited http://www.emeraldinsight.com/
Equinox Publishing Ltd http://www.equinoxpub.com/
European Language Resources Association - ELRA http://www.elra.info.
Georgetown University Press http://www.press.georgetown.edu
Hodder Education http://www.hoddereducation.co.uk
John Benjamins http://www.benjamins.com/
Lincom GmbH http://www.lincom.eu
MIT Press http://mitpress.mit.edu/
Mouton de Gruyter http://www.mouton-publishers.com
Multilingual Matters http://www.multilingual-matters.com/
Narr Francke Attempto Verlag GmbH + Co. KG http://www.narr.de/
Oxford University Press http://www.oup.com/us
Peter Lang AG http://www.peterlang.com
Rodopi http://www.rodopi.nl/
Routledge (Taylor and Francis) http://www.routledge.com/
Springer http://www.springer.com
Wiley-Blackwell www.wiley.com

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Association of Editors of the Journal of Portuguese Linguistics http://www.fl.ul.pt/revistas/JPL/JPLweb.htm
Graduate Linguistic Students' Association, Umass http://glsa.hypermart.net/
International Pragmatics Assoc. http://www.ipra.be
Langues et Linguistique http://y.ennaji.free.fr/fr/
Linguistic Association of Finland http://www.ling.helsinki.fi/sky/
Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics / Landelijke - LOT http://www.lotpublications.nl/
Pacific Linguistics http://pacling.anu.edu.au/
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