LINGUIST List 17.1455

Fri May 12 2006

Books: Discourse Analysis/Socioling: Bührig et al (Eds)

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Directory         1.    Paul Peranteau, Beyond Misunderstanding: Bührig, ten Thije (Eds)

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Message 1: Beyond Misunderstanding: Bührig, ten Thije (Eds)
Date: 09-May-2006
From: Paul Peranteau <paulbenjamins.com>
Subject: Beyond Misunderstanding: Bührig, ten Thije (Eds)


Title: Beyond Misunderstanding Subtitle: Linguistic analyses of intercultural communication Series Title: Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 144 Published: 2006 Publisher: John Benjamins
                http://www.benjamins.com/

Book URL: http://www.benjamins.com/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=P%26bns%20144

Editor: Kristin Bührig, University of Hamburg Editor: Jan D. ten Thije, Utrecht University Hardback: ISBN: 9027253870 Pages: 339 Price: Europe EURO 115.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9027253870 Pages: 339 Price: U.S. $ 138.00
Abstract:

This book challenges two tacit presumptions in the field of interculturalcommunication research. Firstly, misunderstandings can frequently be foundin intercultural communication, although, one could not claim thatintercultural communication is constituted by misunderstandings alone. Thisvolume shows how new perspectives on linguistic analyses of interculturalcommunication go beyond the analysis of misunderstanding. Secondly,intercultural communication is not solely constituted by the fact thatindividuals from different cultural groups interact. Each contribution ofthis volume analyses to what extent instances of discourse areinstitutionally and/or interculturally determined. These linguisticreflections involve different theoretical frameworks, e.g. functionalgrammar, systemic functional linguistics, functional pragmatics, rhetoricalconversation analysis, ethno-methodological conversation analysis,linguistic an­thro­­pology and a critical discourse approach.

As the contributions focus on the discourse of genetic counseling,gate-keeping discourse, international team co-operation, internationalbusiness communication, workplace discourse, internet communication, andlamentation discourse, the book exemplifies that the analysis ofintercultural communication is organized in response to social needs and,therefore, may contribute to the social justification of linguistics.

Table of contents

Beyond Misunderstanding - IntroductionJan D. ten Thije 1-8

Part one: Basic assumptions of the linguistic reconstruction ofintercultural communicationMultilingual repertoires and the consequences for linguistic theoryGeorges Lüdi 11-42

The cultural apparatus: Thoughts on the relationship between language,culture, and societyJochen Rehbein 43-96

The notions of perspective and perspectivising in interculturalcommunication researchJan D. ten Thije 97-151

Part two: Interactive analyses of intercultural discourse

Perspectives in conflict: An analysis of German-German conversationsGrit Liebscher 155-174

Beyond 'misunderstandings' and 'cultural stereotypes': Analysingintercultural communicationJennifer Hartog 175-188

Intercultural communication in institutional counselling sessionsMartina Rost-Roth 189-215

Ethnic and social groups and their linguistic categorizationDennis Day 217-244

"How are you?" "I'm hot": An interactive analysis of small talk sequencesin British-German telephone salesClaudia Bubel 245-259

Where do 'we' it in? Linguistic inclusion and exclusion in a virtual communityLise Fontaine 261-288

Communicating affect in intercultural lamentations in Caucasian GeorgiaHelga Kotthoff 289-311

Beyond competence: A multiculturalist approach to intercultural communicationXu Shi 313-330

Authors of Beyond Misunderstanding 331-334

Index 335-339

Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis                             Sociolinguistics
Written In: English (eng )

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