Beyond misunderstanding : linguistic analyses of intercultural communication / edited by Kristin Buhrig, Jan D. ten Thije.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bührig, Kristin.

Thije, Jan D. ten.

Series:

Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser., 144.

Pragmatics & beyond, 0922-842X ; new ser., v. 144

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intercultural communication.

Linguistics.

Physical Description:

vi, 339 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book challenges two tacit presumptions in the field of intercultural communication research. Firstly, misunderstandings can frequently be found in intercultural communication, although, one could not claim that intercultural communication is constituted by misunderstandings alone. This volume shows how new perspectives on linguistic analyses of intercultural communication go beyond the analysis of misunderstanding. Secondly, intercultural communication is not solely constituted by the fact that individuals from different cultural groups interact. Each contribution of this volume analyses to what extent instances of discourse are institutionally and/or interculturally determined. These linguistic reflections involve different theoretical frameworks, e.g. functional grammar, systemic functional linguistics, functional pragmatics, rhetorical conversation analysis, ethno-methodological conversation analysis, linguistic an­thro­­pology and a critical discourse approach. As the contributions focus on the discourse of genetic counseling, gate-keeping discourse, international team co-operation, international business communication, workplace discourse, internet communication, and lamentation discourse, the book exemplifies that the analysis of intercultural communication is organized in response to social needs and, therefore, may contribute to the social justification of linguistics.

Contents:

Beyond Misunderstanding

Editorial page

Title page

LCC data

Table of contents

Beyond misunderstanding

Contributions

References

Basic assumptions of the linguistic reconstruction of intercultural communication

Multilingual repertoires and the consequences for linguistic theory

Introduction

Translinguistic markers are not abnormalities but rule-governed phenomena

Rule-governed language choice

Mixing is rule-governed too

Stigmata or emblems?

Multilingualism

Which status for translinguistic markers?

Language mixture as stigma

Exolingual functions of translinguistic markers

Bilingual speech as an identity marker among multilinguals

Subcategories of translinguistic markers

Translinguistic markers as traces of a contact between `codes' or as manifestation of a plural repertoire?

From on-line mixing to an autonomous variety?

The case of Chiac in Acadia

The case of Italoschwyz in Zurich

What is a `language'?

Perspectives

Notes

The cultural apparatus

Foreword

Intercultural communication revisited

Misunderstanding, cultural filter, action practice

Evaluation, thought structures, and forms of imagining in conflicts

Cultural apparatus

Social groups as action systems

Ambivalence of negating actions

Restructuring mental processes

The emergence of the cultural apparatus in communication

The apparatus as an aggregate

Innovations of linguistic action

Cultural apparatus - Summary of operation

Conclusions, methodological issues

Notions of perspective and perspectivising in intercultural communication research

The appeal of the notion of perspective

A short historical survey

Studies on perspectivity in intercultural discourse

Shift of perspective as an empathy strategy.

Taking the Other's Perspective as a motor for the analysis

Perspectivation as a rhetoric device

Perspectivation as a strategy for the language mediator

Perspective as a heuristic axis to analyse intersubjectivity

Perspectivising as a communicative apparatus

The contribution of the different notions of perspectivity to intercultural understanding

An analysis beyond misunderstanding

Introduction of the analysis

The constellation of the fragment

The sequential and action structure of the discourse fragment

`Rich points' to focus on in intercultural research

Generalizing, perspectivising and contrasting cultural standards

Conclusion

Transcription conventions

Appendix: Transcript

Interactive analyses of intercultural discourse

Perspectives in conflict

German-German data

Data analysis

Summary

Beyond `misunderstandings' and `cultural stereotypes'

Intercultural vs. institutional? A transcript analysis

The case

The transcript

Analysis

Note

Intercultural communication in institutional counselling sessions

Research on counselling

Counselling as an institutional setting

Counselling in intercultural encounters

Methodological approach

Database

The identification of problems in understanding and miscommunication

An interactive model of the stages in counselling encounters

Case studies and examples

Presentation of problems and formulation of requests

Processing of proposed solutions and decisions

Problems in understanding and miscommunication: Potential problem areas

Ethnic and social groups and their linguistic categorization

Linguistic ethnic categorizations.

The categorization of social and cultural groups

Differences between social group categorization and collective reference

Conclusions

Transcription notation

``How are you?'' ``I'm hot''

Data

Small talk

Characteristics and functions

Small talk in business settings

Small talk across cultures

Small talk sequences in German-British telephone sales

Where do `we' fit in?

Background

Intercultural communication in a virtual community

The social context of Asatru-E

Inclusion and exclusion

`We'

Participation and disengagement6

Distribution of `we'

Towards a classification of `we' types

Concluding remarks

Acknowledgements

Appendix

Communicating affect in intercultural lamentations in Caucasian Georgia

On the communication of grief

A social constructionist perspective

Approaches to the analysis of emotive communication

Elements of Georgian grief semiotics

West and East Georgian differences in the communication of grief

Differentiation of styles

Evaluation of lamentation styles in an ethnography of communication

Combination of styles: Code switching and style switching

Mourning for Akaki Danelia, Tbilisi 1997

Beyond competence

Communication and culture

Power relations and contest

Demonisation and antagonism

Consequences and threat

Condition and reward

Resistance to discourse of domination

Authors of Beyond Misunderstanding

Index

The Pragmatics &amp

Beyond New Series.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612155963

9781282155961

1282155962

9789027293664

902729366X

OCLC:

191933805