Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Introduction 1
4. 1 Understanding common ground
5. The interdependence of common ground and context 7
6. Understanding common ground as a cognitive object 25
7. From laboratory to real life: Obstacles in common ground building 59
8. Presupposition failures and the negotiation of the common ground 81
9. 2 Emergent common ground
10. Grounding emergent common ground: Detecting markers of emergent common ground in a YouTube discussion thread 105
11. Co-constructing emergent common ground: The role of the intercultural mediator 135
12. The co-construction of common ground through exemplars unique to an ESL classroom 163
13. 3 Common ground building
14. Mutual knowledge and the ‘hidden common ground’: An interdisciplinary perspective on mutual understanding in intercultural communication 197
15. The linguistic code as basis for common ground building in English as a foreign language 219
16. ELF disagreement as an interactional resource for doing interculturality 237
17. 4 Common ground in different discourses
18. Working offline: Common ground in written discourse 263
19. Metapragmatic expressions as common ground builders in intercultural business communication 281
20. Harmony and common ground: Aikido principles for intercultural training 305
21. Contributors to this volume 337
22. Index 339