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.

Editor: Spencer-Oatey, Helen
Publisher: Continuum
Illustration: N
Language: ENG
Title: Culturally Speaking Second Edition: Culture, Communication and Politeness Theory
Pages: 00384 (Encrypted )
On Sale: 2008-04-24
SKU-13/ISBN: 9780826493095
Category: Language Arts & Disciplines : Linguistics - Sociolinguistics
Category: Language Arts & Disciplines : Communication Studies
Category: Social Science : Anthropology - Cultural