Silence in Intercultural Communication: Perceptions and Performance - Couverture rigide

Nakane, Ikuko

 
9789027254108: Silence in Intercultural Communication: Perceptions and Performance
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 9027254109 ISBN 13 : 9789027254108
Editeur : John Benjamins Publishing Co, 2007

Synopsis

How and why is silence used interculturally? Approaching the phenomenon of silence from multiple perspectives, this book shows how silence is used, perceived and at times misinterpreted in intercultural communication. Using a model of key aspects of silence in communication – linguistic, cognitive and sociopsychological – and fundamental levels of social organization – individual, situational and sociocultural - the book explores the intricate relationship between perceptions and performance of silence in interaction involving Japanese and Australian participants. Through a combination of macro- and micro- ethnographic analyses of university seminar interactions, the stereotypes of the ‘silent East’ is reconsidered, and the tension between local and sociocultural perspectives of intercultural communication is addressed. The book has relevance to researchers and students in intercultural pragmatics, discourse analysis and applied linguistics.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

How and why is silence used interculturally? Approaching the phenomenon of silence from multiple perspectives, this book shows how silence is used, perceived and at times misinterpreted in intercultural communication. Using a model of key aspects of silence in communication – linguistic, cognitive and sociopsychological – and fundamental levels of social organization – individual, situational and sociocultural - the book explores the intricate relationship between perceptions and performance of silence in interaction involving Japanese and Australian participants. Through a combination of macro- and micro- ethnographic analyses of university seminar interactions, the stereotypes of the ‘silent East’ is reconsidered, and the tension between local and sociocultural perspectives of intercultural communication is addressed. The book has relevance to researchers and students in intercultural pragmatics, discourse analysis and applied linguistics.

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Éditeur
John Benjamins Publishing Co
Date d'édition
2007
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9027254109
ISBN 13 
9789027254108
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
256
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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