English: One Language, Different Cultures

Informationen zum Autor Eddie Ronowicz is Associate Professor in the Department of Linguistics at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. Colin Yallop is Adjunct Professor at Macquarie University, Australia. Zusammenfassung An introduction to culturally determined aspects of communicating in British, Australian, Canadian, New Zealand and American societies, especially those that may influence effective communication with members of these societies or be the source of false perceptions/stereotypes of their behaviour. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contributors Introduction Eddie Ronowicz \ 1. English Around the World Colin Yallop \ 2.British Shibboleths Michael Sharwood-Smith \ 3. Australia - The Great SouthLand Eddie Ronowicz and Colin Yallop \ 4. Canada - The Winter Half of NorthAmerica Magda Stroinska and Vikki Cecchetto \ 5. New Zealand or Aotearoa - A ConfusedCulture Martin Parker \ 6. The United States of America - The Land ofOpportunity Sherry Ash \ Index

Product details

• Authors: Eddie Ronowicz, Eddie Yallop Ronowicz, Colin Yallop
• Assisted by: Eddie Ronowicz (Editor), Ronowicz Eddie (Editor), Colin Yallop (Editor), Yallop Colin (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.06.2007
• EAN: 9780826491756
• ISBN: 978-0-8264-9175-6
• No. of pages: 296
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, Sociolinguistics, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc