Intercultural Communication: A Critical Introduction

By :"Ingrid Piller"

Published on 2011-04-29 by Edinburgh University Press

Category :"Language Arts & Disciplines"

Combining perspectives from discourse analysis and sociolinguistics, this introduction provides students with a comprehensive, up-to-date and critical overview of the field of intercultural communication.Ingrid Piller explains communication in context using two main approaches.The first treats cultural identity, difference and similarity as discursive constructions. The second, informed by bilingualism studies, highlights the use and prestige of different languages and language varieties as well as the varying access that speakers have to them.Linguistics students will find this book a useful tool for studying language and globalization as well as applied linguistics.

Intercultural Communication: A Critical Introduction

Lenght : 208

Language : en

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