Constructing Misunderstanding as a Cultural Event

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction vii
4. I. Theoretical Issues in Intercultural Communication
5. Communication, Contexts and Culture. A Communicative Constructivist Approach to Intercultural Communication 3
6. Contextualization and Ideology in Intercultural Communication 35
7. Asymmetries of Knowledge in Intercultural Communication 55
8. Section II: Case Studies of Intercultural Encounters
9. Three Ways of Analysing Communication between East and West Germans as Intercultural Communication 89
10. Cooperation, Collaboration and Pleasure in Work 117
11. The Making of a Witness. On the Beheading of Rabbits 141
12. Intercultural Negotiation 173
13. Section III: Native/non-native Interactions
14. Constructing Misunderstanding as a Cultural Event 211
15. Inter- and Intra-cultural Aspects of Dialogue-Interpreting 245
16. The Conversational Construction of Social Identity in Native/Non-native Interaction 271
17. External Appropriations as a Strategy for Participating in Intercultural Multi-Party Conversations 295
18. Index of Authors 335
19. Index of Subjects 337