The pragmatics of intercultural and international communication : selected papers of the International Pragmatics Conference, Antwerp, August 17-22, 1987 (volume III), and the Ghent symposium on Intercultural Communication / edited by Jan Blommaert and Jef Verschueren.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Blommaert, Jan.

Verschueren, Jef.

Conference Name:

International Pragmatics Conference (1987 : Antwerp, Belgium)

Ghent Symposium on Intercultural Communication (1987 : Antwerp, Belgium)

Series:

Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser. 6:3.

Pragmatics & beyond, 0922-842X ; new ser. 6:3

Selected papers of the International Pragmatics Conference ; v. 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pragmatics--Congresses.

Pragmatics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (260 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Selected papers of the International Pragmatics Conference, Antwerp, August 17-22, 1987, and the Ghent Symposium on Intercultural Communication.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1991.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume contains a selection of papers from a special session of the International Pragmatics Conference (Antwerp, August 1987) and from the Symposium on Intercultural Communication (Ghent, December 1987).Studying the communicative styles of cultures and social groups, both at the descriptive level and at the level of pragmatic theory construction, should be a target of pragmatics as a discipline. A clear view is needed of the restrictions on adaptability involving potential fields of conflict in intercultural and international communication. As the contributions to this volume demon

Contents:

v. 1. Pragmatics at issue

v. 2. Levels of linguistic adaptation

v. 3. The pragmatics of intercultural and international communication.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

90-272-8596-9

9786613092779

1-283-09277-8

OCLC:

713010254