Intercultural discourse and communication : the essential readings /
edited by Scott F. Kiesling and Christina Bratt Paulston.
- 1 online resource (xvi, 330 pages) : illustrations.
- Linguistics .
- Linguistics (Malden, Mass.) .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Models of the interaction of language and social life / Ethnography of speaking / Interethnic communication / Communication in a multilingual society / Linguistic etiquette / Constructing social identity / Norms of sociocultural meaning in language / Why tell stories? / New York Jewish conversational style / Swedishness as an obstacle in cross-cultural interaction / Presence and absence of speech in the communication of gender / Hearing what's not said and missing what is / Pronouns of address in Swedish / Off-record indirectness and the notion of imposition / Cultural differences in framing / Learning language/learning self / Language of multiple identities among Dominican Americans / Biculturalism / Comparison of Indian and Anglo communicative behavior in classroom interaction / Beyond difference and domination? / Dell Hymes -- Alessandro Duranti -- John J. Gumperz -- Rajendra Singh, Jayant Lele, and Gita Martohardjono -- Gabriele Kasper -- Elinor Ochs -- Scott F. Kiesling -- Janet Holmes -- Deborah Tannen -- Ake Daun -- Penelope Harvey -- Samy Alim -- Christina Bratt Paulston -- Maria Sifianou -- Suwako Watanabe -- Karen Ogulnick -- Benjamin Bailey -- Christina Bratt Paulston -- Susan U. Philips -- Diana Eades.