English across Cultures. Cultures across English

Name: English across Cultures. Cultures across English | A Reader in Cross-cultural Communication
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A Reader in Cross-cultural Communication

Ofelia García Ricardo Otheguy(Herausgeber*in)

De Gruyter Mouton (Verlag)

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Erschienen am 25. Oktober 2012

XXI, 492 Seiten

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Intro
Foreword
The Authors
The Editors
Introduction
PART 1 : ENGLISH ACROSS CULTURES
Section One. The impact of différences in socio-cultural backgrounds of interlocutors on communication in English: Socio-pragmatic constraints
Some types of communicative stratégies across cultures: Sense and sensitivity
English as object and medium of (mis)understanding
The (mis)identification of regional and national accents of English: Pragmatic, cognitive and social aspects
Culture and language in classroom communication
English for academic purposes: A hidden curriculum in ways of speaking
Invisible culture in the classroom: Minority pupils and the principie of adaptation
Section Two. The impact of differences in socio-political realities on communication in English: Macro-societal constraints
Intercultural miscommunication as a source of friction in the workplace and in educational settings in South Africa
Socio-political influence on cultural identity in Canada. Implications for cross-cultural communication in English
English as problem and resource in Sri Lankan Universities
They speak English, don't they?
PART II: CULTURES ACROSS ENGLISH
Section Three. The impact of différences in socio-linguistic backgrounds of interlocutors on communication in English: Ethno-linguistic constraints
British-American lexical differences. A typology of interdialectal variation
Questions of standards and intra-regional differences in Caribbean examinations
Structural mimicry in decreolization and its effect on pseudocomprehension
Cultural congruence and conflict in the acquisition of formulae in a second language
Dialectology in our time? The English of the Cajuns
Flexibility in lexical usage in Cameroon English
Cultures in conflict: Varieties of English in Northern Ireland
Section Four. The impact of différences in socio-psychological identity of interlocutors: Identity constraints
Patois and the politics of protest: Black English in British classrooms
Code-switching in narrative performance: A Puerto Rican speech Community in New York
Social and linguistic parameters of prosody in Chicano English
Central Canadian English and Received Standard English. A comparison of pronunciation
Indian literature in English
Bibliography
Author Index
Subject Index

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