Culturally Speaking Second Edition - 2nd Edition by Helen Spencer-Oatey (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>An updated second edition of the comprehensive introduction to intercultural pragmatics, providing essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>This comprehensive introduction to intercultural pragmatics examines the theoretical, methodological and practical issues in the analysis of talk across cultures. <br/><br/>The book includes: <br/>* introduction to the key issues in culture and communication<br/>* examination of cross-cultural and intercultural communication<br/>* empirical case studies from a variety of languages, including German, Greek, Japanese and Chinese<br/>* practical chapters on pragmatics research, recording and analysing data, and projects in intercultural pragmatics<br/>* exercises at the end of each chapter<br/>* glossary of terms <br/><br/>This second edition of Culturally Speaking will be an essential guide for undergraduate and postgraduate students interested in communication across cultures<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Helen Spencer-Oatey is a formative thinker in the field of inter-cultural pragmatics, and this revised edition of her introductory book provides an accessible overview of the discipline... an impressive collection" Journal for the Study of the New Testament Booklist 2009--Sanford Lakoff "Journal for the Study of the New Testament "<br><br>The analyses of pieces of intercultural communication make this book interesting and lively, while still retaining an academic perspective on the subject. This book is suitable for students and researchers of both intercultural communication and pragmatics alike. Culturally Speaking enables people to find out about and explain potential problems and pitfalls in intercultural interaction, thus providing guidelines for a better and more effective interaction across cultures.--Sanford Lakoff<br><br>This volume valuably extends Helen Spencer-Oatey's well-known contribution to our understanding of rapport management and relational work in different cultural contexts. Those teaching and researching cross-cultural and inter-cultural pragmatics will warmly welcome this scholarly yet accessible book which draws on a diverse range of contexts, communities and countries to address and illustrate issues of theory, method and evidence.--Sanford Lakoff<br><br>A comprehensive introduction to cross-cultural and intercultural pragmatics for undergraduate and postgraduate students edited by Helen Spencer-Oatey ...The final section on methodology deserves special mention as it includes three practical and most useful chapters introducing students to the wide range of research methods and data-collection techniques in pragmatics research, the recording and analysis of data, and projects in intercultural pragmatics--The Year's Work In English Studies<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Dr Helen Spencer-Oatey is the Director of the Centre for English Language Teacher Education at the University of Warwick, UK
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