Intercultural Communication: A Discourse Approach
Ron Scollon
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Paperback. This newly revised edition is both a lively introduction and practical guide to the main concepts and challenges of intercultural communication. Series: Language in Society. Num Pages: 332 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFB; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 171 x 17. Weight in Grams: 514.
This newly revised edition is both a lively introduction and practical guide to the main concepts and challenges of intercultural communication. Grounded in interactional sociolinguistics and discourse analysis, this work integrates theoretical principles and methodological advice, presenting students, researchers, and practitioners with a comprehensive and unified resource.
This newly revised edition is both a lively introduction and practical guide to the main concepts and challenges of intercultural communication. Grounded in interactional sociolinguistics and discourse analysis, this work integrates theoretical principles and methodological advice, presenting students, researchers, and practitioners with a comprehensive and unified resource.
- Features new original theory, expanded treatment of generations, gender and corporate and professional discourse
- Offers improved organization and added features for student and classroom use, including advice on research projects, questions for discussion, and references at the end of each chapter
- Extensively revised with newly added material on computer mediated ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
Language in Society
Condition
New
Weight
511g
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780470656402
SKU
V9780470656402
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99-50
About Ron Scollon
Ron Scollon (1939-2009) was a Professor of Linguistics at Georgetown University. His publications include Professional Communication in International Settings, co-authored with Yuling Pan and Suzanne Wong Scollon (Blackwell 2001), Discourses in Place: Language and the Material World co-authored with Suzie Wong Scollon (2003), and Nexus Analysis: Discourse and the Emerging Internet co-authored with Suzie Wong Scollon (2004). Suzanne Wong Scollon is an independent researcher ... Read more
Reviews for Intercultural Communication: A Discourse Approach
“Overall, the paradigm presented throughout the now three iterations of this book remains a remarkably insightful way to conceptualize factors influencing communication, or, in the authors’ own terms, factors mediating communication. By focusing on common denominators of all human life (ideologies, forms of discourse, socialization, and face systems) Scollon, Scollon, and Jones successfully arrive at a culture-neutral heuristic that can ... Read more