Intercultural Discourse and Communication: The Essential Readings is a collection of articles that discuss major theoretical approaches, case studies of cultural and sub-cultural contact from around the globe, issues of identity in ‘bicultural’ individuals, and the ‘real world’ implications of intercultural contact and conflict.
* Collects articles that describe and analyze discourse and communication in several channels, including spoken, written, and signed.
* Considers various group organizations such as culture/subculture, gender, race/ethnicity, social class, age, and region.
* Includes brief introductions to each section by the editors that explain main concepts.
* Contains discussion questions that enhance the book’s value for courses.
表中的内容
Notes on Authors.
Preface.
Acknowledgements..
PART I: Approaches to Intercultural Discourse.
Introduction.
1. Models of the Interaction of Language and Social Life: Toward
a Descriptive Theory (Dell Hymes).
2. Ethnography of Speaking: Toward a Linguistics of the Praxis
(Alessandro Duranti).
3. Interethnic Communication (John J. Gumperz)’.
4. communicating in a Multilingual Society: Some Missed
Opportunities (Rajendra Singh, Jayant Lele, and Gita
Martohardjono).
5. Linguistic Etiquette (Gabriele Kasper).
6. Constructing Social Identity: A Language Socialization
Perspective (Elinor Ochs).
7. Norms of Sociocultural Meaning in Language: Indexicality,
Stance, and Cultural Models (Scott F. Kiesling).
Discussion Questions..
PART II: Intercultural Communication: Case Studies.
Introduction.
8. Why Tell Stories? Contrasting Themes and Identities in the
Narratives of Maori and Pakeha Women and Men (Janet Holmes).
9. New York Jewish Conversational Style (Deborah Tannen).
10. Swedishness as an Obstacle in Cross-Cultural Interaction
(Ake Daun).
11. The Presence and Absence of Speech in the Communication of
Gender (Penelope Harvey).
12. Hearing What’s Not Said and Missing What Is: Black Language
in White Public Space (H. Samy Alim).
13. Pronouns of Address in Swedish: Social Class Semantics and a
Changing System (Christina Bratt Paulston).
14. Off-Record Indirectness and the Notion of Imposition (Maria
Sifianou).
15. Cultural Differences in Framing: American and Japanese Group
Discussions (Suwako Watanabe).
PART III: Cultural Contact: Issues of Identity.
Introduction.
16. Learning Language/ Learning Self (Karen Ogulnick).
17. The Language of Multiple Identities among Dominican
Americans (Benjamin Bailey).
18. Biculturalism: Some Reflections and Speculations (Christina
Bratt Paulston).
Discussion Questions. .
PART IV: Implications.
Introduction.
19. A Comparison of Indian and Anglo Communicative Behavior in
Classroom Interaction (Susan U. Philips).
20. Beyond Difference and Domination? Intercultural
Communication in Legal Contexts (Diana Eades).
Discussion Questions.
Index.
关于作者
Scott F. Kiesling is Assistant Professor of Linguistics at
the University of Pittsburgh. His work on areas such as language
and gender, language and ethnicity/race, discourse analysis,
sociolinguistic variation, and Australian English has been
published in Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Journal
of Sociolinguistics, and various edited volumes.
Christina Bratt Paulston is Professor Emerita of
Linguistics at the University of Pittsburgh. She served as chair of
the department from 1974 to 1989 and as director of the English
Language Institute from 1969 to 1998. Her numerous publications
include Sociolinguistics: The Essential Readings (Blackwell
2003, edited with G. Richard Tucker), Memories and Reflections:
The Early Days of Sociolinguistics (1997, edited with G.
Richard Tucker), and Sociolinguistic Perspectives on Bilingual
Education (1992).
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