Culturally Speaking Second Edition: Culture, Communication And Politeness Theory - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0826493106 ISBN 13: 9780826493101

Casa editrice: Continuum, 2008

Riassunto

This comprehensive introduction to intercultural pragmatics examines the theoretical, methodological and practical issues in the analysis of talk across cultures.

The book includes:
* introduction to the key issues in culture and communication
* examination of cross-cultural and intercultural communication
* empirical case studies from a variety of languages, including German, Greek, Japanese and Chinese
* practical chapters on pragmatics research, recording and analysing data, and projects in intercultural pragmatics
* exercises at the end of each chapter
* glossary of terms

This second edition of Culturally Speaking will be an essential guide for undergraduate and postgraduate students interested in communication across cultures.

Su questo libro

Recensione:

A comprehensive introduction to cross-cultural and intercultural pragmatics for undergraduate and postgraduate students edited by Helen Spencer-Oatey ... The final section on methodology deserves special mention as it includes three practical and most useful chapters introducing students to the wide range of research methods and data-collection techniques in pragmatics research, the recording and analysis of data, and projects in intercultural pragmatics --Year s work in English Studies journal, vol 89, No. 1

L'autore:

Dr Helen Spencer-Oatey is the Director of the Centre for English Language Teacher Education at the University of Warwick, UK

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Continuum
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0826493106
• ISBN 13: 9780826493101
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 384
• Redattore: Spencer-Oatey Helen