Language inequality and distortion in intercultural communication : a critical theory approach
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Language inequality and distortion in intercultural communication : a critical theory approach
(Pragmatics & beyond : an interdisciplinary series of language studies, VII:7)
J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1986
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Southern Illinois University
Bibliography: p. [91]-97
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Description
This study sheds light on the problem of communicative inequality, neglected both by linguists and communication scholars, among speakers of different languages. It provides a four-step Critical Theory analysis of language-based inequality and distortion between speakers of a few dominant languages, especially English, and speakers of minority languages in the context of international and intercultural communication. Based on a theoretical framework of "Distorted Communication" developed by J. Habermas and C. Muller, the analysis focuses on a critical description, definition, and interpretation of "Distorted Intercultural Communication", and exposes the ideology that legitimates linguistic inequality and distortion in communication.
Table of Contents
- 1. List of Tables
- 2. List of Figures
- 3. Introduction
- 4. 1. Critical Theory Approach to Language Inequalities
- 5. 1.1 Critical theory and scientific inquiries
- 6. 1.2 A critique of the positivist approach
- 7. 1.3 Critical theory
- 8. 1.4 A critical theory approach to language inequalities
- 9. 2 Language Inequality in Distorted Intercultural Communication
- 10. 2.1 Distorted communication
- 11. 2.2 Distorted intercultural communication
- 12. 2.3 Summary
- 13. 3. The Ideology of Civilization and Western Domination
- 14. 3.1 The critique of ideology
- 15. 3.2 The genesis of the ideology of "civilization"
- 16. 3.3 Expansion of the Western "civilization"
- 17. 3.4 Structural domination of the Western "civilization"
- 18. 3.5 Summary
- 19. 4. Conclusion
- 20. References
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