Overview

Miscommunication has always intrigued researchers in and outside linguistics. This book takes a different perspective from what has been proposed so far and postulates a case for intercultural miscommunication as a linguistically-based phenomenon in various intercultural milieus. The contributions address cases of intercultural miscommunication in potentially confrontational contexts, like professional communities of practice, intercultural differences in various English-speaking countries, political discourse, classroom discourse, or the discourse of the past. The frameworks employed include cultural scripts, critical discourse analysis, lexicographic analysis, glosses of untranslatable terms, and diachronic pragmatics. The book shows the omnipresence of miscommunication, ranging from everyday exchanges through classroom discourse, professional encounters, to literary contexts and political debates, past and present.

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Author:   Barbara Kryk-Kastovsky
Publisher:   Peter Lang AG
Imprint:   Peter Lang AG
Edition:   New edition
Volume:   9
Dimensions:   Width: 14.80cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   0.440kg
ISBN:  

9783631621998

ISBN 10:   363162199
Pages:   262
Publication Date:   09 April 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents: Barbara Kryk-Kastovsky: Introduction – Zofia Golebiowski: Concessivity in scholarly prose: An intercultural study – Richard Trappl: Intercultural terminology and its political contexts: Towards a Sino-Western glossary – Matylda Weidner: On some ‘dis-ings’ leading to a possible ‘mis-ing’ – Anatolij Dorodnych/Anna Kuzio: The role of cultural scripts and contextualization cues in intercultural (mis)communication – Cliff Goddard: Cultural scripts and communication style differences in three Anglo Englishes (English English, American English and Australian English) – Anna Wierzbicka: When cultural scripts clash: Miscommunication in «multicultural» Australia – María Marta García Negroni/María Laura Spoturno: Bridging gaps across cultures: The case of glosses in Caramelo, a Chicana novel – Denise Gassner: Intercultural miscommunication and the use of ‘vague language’ – Michał Krżyzanowski: (Mis-)communicating Europe? On deficiencies and challenges in political and institutional communication in the European Union – Joanna Kopaczyk: Communication gaps in seventeenth century Britain: Explaining legal Scots to English practitioners – Barbara Kryk-Kastovsky: From monarch, through traitor, to martyr and saint: Power shift in the trial of King Charles I.

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Barbara Kryk-Kastovsky is professor emerita at Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań (Poland). She teaches at University of Vienna and Academy of Management in Warsaw, where she holds a professorial position. Her research interests include synchronic and diachronic pragmatics, intercultural communication, text linguistics, and discourse analysis.

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