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Intercultural communications / Samuel Gyasi Obeng and Beverly A.S. Hartford, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Intercultural communication.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (146 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The discipline of intercultural communications encompasses social and human sciences (including political science, psychology, sociology, discourse analysis, linguistics, literary and cultural studies, etc.) which deal with discourse within and across different cultures. This book presents analyses from around the globe.
- Contents:
- Intro
- INTERCULTURALCOMMUNICATIONS
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- INTRODUCTION TO THE FIRST ISSUE
- INSTRUCTIONS FOR CONTRIBUTORS
- TALKING ABOUT HIV/AIDS:METAPHORS THAT SHAPE OUR PERCEPTIONOF THE CRISIS IN TANZANIA1
- INTRODUCTION
- COGNITIVE APPROACH TO METAPHOR
- METAPHORS OF AIDS
- HIV/AIDS is an Enemy
- HIV/AIDS is an Accident
- HIV/AIDS is a Catastrophe
- AIDS as a Monster
- AIDS is a Disease of Development
- AIDS is Silence
- AIDS is a Bug
- IMPLICATIONS
- THE ORIGINS OF THE STIGMA
- QUESTIONS ABOUT AFRICAN SEXUALITY
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- READING NGUGI'S COLONIAL ANDPOST-COLONIAL REPRESENTATIONSTHROUGH THE GIKUYU-MUMBICREATION MYTH
- TERMS OF ADDRESS IN EWE:A SOCIO-PRAGMATIC INVESTIGATION
- ABSTRACT
- METHODOLOGY
- CATEGORIES OF EWE ADDRESS FORMS
- Names
- Kinship Terms
- Titles
- SOCIAL INDICATORS OF ADDRESS FORMS
- Social Distance
- Power
- Age
- Formality
- PRAGMATIC FUNCTIONS OF ADDRESS FORMS
- ADDRESS FORMS AMONG AKAN FAMILIES(COUPLES) LIVING IN THE UNITED STATES:A QUANTITATIVE STUDY
- Cultural Use of Address Forms
- METHOD
- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
- Address Patterns Based on Level of Education
- Address Patterns Based on Age
- GENERAL DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATIONSFOR FAMILY STUDIES
- LANGUAGE IN TRADITIONALYORUBA SOCIAL INTERACTION:INDIRECTNESS IN OLA RÓTÌMÍ'STHE GODS ARE NOT TO BLAME
- DISCUSSION
- Prologue
- ACT ONE, SCENE 1
- ACT ONE, SCENE 2
- ACT TWO, SCENE 1
- ACT TWO, SCENE 2
- ACT TWO, SCENE 3
- ACT TWO, SCENE 4
- ACT THREE, SCENE 1
- ACT THREE, SCENCE 2
- ACT THREE, SCENE 3
- ACT THREE, SCENE 4
- DISCURSIVE STRATEGIES AT THE PALACEOF THE YAA NAA(A NORTHERN GHANAIAN KING)1
- DISCUSSION.
- On Defining Royal Discourse
- Principal Communicative Court Officials
- Musical Instruments
- Speech Functionaries
- Keying of Performance
- Special Codes
- RHETORICAL FEATURES
- PARALLELISM
- Paralinguistic Features
- Special Formulae
- Appeal to Tradition
- Criticizing the King
- Jokes
- Disclaimer of Performance
- INDEX.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-61668-069-5
- OCLC:
- 841171661
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