Culturally speaking : managing rapport through talk across cultures

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Culturally speaking : managing rapport through talk across cultures

edited by Helen Spencer-Oatey

(Open linguistics series)

Continuum, 2000

  • : hc
  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [342]-369) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: hc ISBN 9780304704361

Description

Taking "politeness theory" as its starting point, this study develops an integrated framework for analyzing the management of rapport in authentic interactions. It deals with both comparative and interactive aspects of talk across cultures, incorporates disciplinary perspectives, and illustrates theoretical issues with empirical studies. It should be suitable for third-year undergraduate and postgraduate readers, as well as professionals interested in intercultural communication.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction - language, culture and rapport management. Part 1: fundamental conceptual issues
  • rapport management - a framework for analysis
  • cultural as an explanatory variable - problems and possibilities. Part 2: cross-cultural pragmatic research empirical studies
  • "it's not my fault!" - Japanese and English responses to unfounded accusations
  • compliment responses in Chinese and English - evaluative reactions
  • telephone conversations in Greek and German - attending to the relationship aspect of communication. Part 3: intercultural discourse - analytic models and concepts
  • pragmatic transfer in intercultural communication
  • understanding misunderstanding - a pragmatic-discourse approach to analyzing mismanaged rapport in talk across cultures
  • accommodation theory - a conceptual resource for intercultural sociolinguistics. Part 4: intercultural discourse - empirical studies
  • argumentation and resulting problems in the negotiation of rapport in a German-Chinese conversation
  • negative assessments in Japanese-American workplace interaction
  • impression management in East and West German job interviews
  • a problematic Chinese business visit to Britain - issues of face. Part 5: methodological issues
  • methodological issues in conducting theory-based cross-cultural research
  • data collection in pragmatics research.
Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780826466365

Description

Using the theory of politeness as a springboard, Culturally Speaking develops a new framework for analyzing interactions. The book examines both comparative and interactive aspects of cross-cultural communication through a variety of disciplines, theories, and empirical data. Anyone interested in exploring intercultural communication will find this volume lucid and insightful.

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