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Intercultural Communication
A Discourse Approach
Series: Language in Society
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Ideal for students, researchers, and practitioners interested in intercultural communication, sociolinguistics, and discourse analysis, especially those engaged in academic study or professional practice.
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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.
Intercultural Communication features new original theory and expanded treatment of generations, gender, and corporate and professional discourse.
The book 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.
It is extensively revised with newly added material on computer mediated communication, sexuality, and globalization.
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LinguistList praises the book for its insightful paradigm that conceptualises factors mediating communication. The authors successfully develop a culture-neutral heuristic applicable to interpersonal and intercultural communication.
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ISBN: 9780470656402
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 16 December 2011
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
Edition: 3rd edition
Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 17.0mm
Width: 173.0mm
Height: 249.0mm
Weight: 517g
Pages: 336
About the Author
Ron Scollon (1939-2009) was a Professor ofLinguistics at Georgetown University. His publicationsinclude Professional Communication in InternationalSettings, co-authored with Yuling Pan and Suzanne Wong Scollon(Blackwell 2001), Discourses in Place: Language and theMaterial World co-authored with Suzie Wong Scollon (2003),and Nexus Analysis: Discourse and the EmergingInternet co-authored with Suzie Wong Scollon (2004). Suzanne Wong Scollon is an independent researcher inthe North Pacific Rim. She has written extensively on interculturalcommunication, holding academic positions in North Americanuniversities as well as in Taiwan, South Korea, and Hong Kong. Shealso acted as a consultant, along with Ron Scollon, with over fiftygovernmental and corporate organizations in North America, Asia,and Europe. Rodney H. Jones is the Associate Head of the Departmentof English at City University of Hong Kong. He has published widelyin international journals and is co-editor of Discourse inAction: Introducing Mediated Discourse Analysis (with S. Norris2005), Advances in Discourse Studies (with V. K.Bhatia and J. Flowerdew 2007), and author of Noticing,Exploring and Practicing: Functional Grammar in the ESLClassroom (with G. Lock 2010), and Discourse Analysis:A Resource Book for Students (2012).
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