Culturally Speaking Second Edition - Culture, Communication and Politeness Theory

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.>

Product details

• Authors: Helen Spencer-Oatey
• Assisted by: Helen Spencer-Oatey (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.04.2008
• EAN: 9780826493095
• ISBN: 978-0-8264-9309-5
• No. of pages: 384
• 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