How Different are We? - Spoken Discourse in Intercultural Communication (Paperback)

This text examines the influence of cultural values and communication styles on intercultural communication and demonstrates how training can develop intercultural communication competencies. A large number of interactions between well-educated immigrants from all continents and from more than a hundred countries, together with some including native speakers, are examined and participants' answers to questionnaires compared with their actual communicative behaviour. The author raises questions of interest to many groups: linguists, educators, business people and sociologists. Which values are most salient and enduring, and which cause clashes between cultural groups? To what extent do people retain the communication style identified with their first language and how do these different styles impact on others?

General

Imprint:	Multilingual Matters
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Languages for Intercultural Communication and Education
Release date:	November 2002
First published:	2002
Authors:	Helen FitzGerald
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	272
ISBN-13:	978-1-85359-619-3
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > General Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Historical & comparative linguistics > General
LSN:	1-85359-619-1
Barcode:	9781853596193

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