Global Linguistics: An Introduction (Approaches to Applied Semiotics [AAS], 7)

Marcel Danesi; Andrea Rocci

ISBN 10: 3110214067 / ISBN 13: 9783110214062

Edité par Walter de Gruyter, 2009

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N° de réf. du vendeur I-9783110214062

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• Titre: Global Linguistics: An Introduction (Approaches to Applied Semiotics [AAS], 7)
• Éditeur: Walter de Gruyter
• Date de parution: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 3110214067
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9783110214062
• Reliure: Couverture souple
• État de l'article: New

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Synopsis

Why do people from different cultural backgrounds often misunderstand each other even when they use a common language to interact? Why do arguments that we find reasonable not seem so to members of other cultural groups? Global Linguistics: An Introduction addresses these and other basic questions about language and discourse in intercultural communication_ providing a solid and accessible introduction to ""global linguistics"": an interdisciplinary field combining insights from contact linguistics_ pragmatics_ conceptual metaphor theory and argumentation theory,

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Marcel Danesi, University of Toronto, Canada; Andrea Rocci, University of Lugano, Switzerland.