English across Cultures. Cultures across English: A Reader in Cross-cultural Communication

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English across Cultures. Cultures across English

A Reader in Cross-cultural Communication

Edited by: Ofelia García and Ricardo Otheguy

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1989

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Volume 53 | Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL]

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Linguistics and Semiotics Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines Second Language Acquisition

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Foreword Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
The Authors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
The Editors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xvii
Contents Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xix
Introduction Ofelia García and Ricardo Otheguy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
ENGLISH ACROSS CULTURES
Section One: The impact of differences in socio-cultural backgrounds of interlocutors on communication in English: Socio-pragmatic constraints
Some types of communicative strategies across cultures: Sense and sensitivity John Platt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
English as object and medium of (mis)understanding Jef Verschueren Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
The (mis)identification of regional and national accents of English: Pragmatic, cognitive and social aspects R.T. Williams Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
Culture and language in classroom communication Muriel Saville-Troike and Jo Anne Kleifgen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
English for academic purposes: A hidden curriculum in ways of speaking Courtney B. Cazden Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
Invisible culture in the classroom: Minority pupils and the principle of adaptation Ian G. Malcolm Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	117
ENGLISH ACROSS CULTURES
Section Two: The impact of differences in socio-political realities on communication in English: Macro-societal constraints
Intercultural miscommunication as a source of friction in the workplace and in educational settings in South Africa Keith Chick Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
Socio-political influence on cultural identity in Canada: Implications for cross-cultural communication in English David Piper Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	161
English as problem and resource in Sri Lankan Universities Chitra Fernando Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185
They speak English, don’t they? Judith Kearins Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	205
CULTURES ACROSS ENGLISH
Section Three: The impact of differences in socio-linguistic backgrounds of interlocutors on communication in English: Ethno-linguistic constraints
British-American lexical differences: A typology of interdialectal variation John Algeo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219
Questions of standards and intra-regional differences in Caribbean examinations Pauline Christie Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243
Structural mimicry in decreolization and its effect on pseudocomprehension William A. Stewart Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	263
Cultural congruence and conflict in the acquisition of formulae in a second language Koenraad Kuiper and Daphne Tan Gek Lin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	281
Dialectology in our time? The English of the Cajuns J.L. Dillard and Shirley A. Rivers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	305
Flexibility in lexical usage in Cameroon English Paul Mbangwana Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	319
Cultures in conflict: Varieties of English in Northern Ireland Loreto Todd Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	335
Patois and the politics of protest: Black English in British classrooms Viv Edwards Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	359
Code-switching in narrative performance: A Puerto Rican speech community in New York Celia Alvarez Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	373
Social and linguistic parameters of prosody in Chicano English Joyce Penfield Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	387
Central Canadian English and Received Standard English. A comparison of pronunciation A.M. Kinloch and Walter S. Avis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	403
Indian literature in English R.R. Mehrotra Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	421
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	441
Author Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	473
Subject Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	479
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eBook published on:

October 25, 2012

eBook ISBN:

9783110848328

Hardcover published on:

June 1, 1989

Hardcover ISBN:

9783110118117

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Reprint 2012

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Front matter:

21

Main content:

492

Illustrations:

11

Tables:

12

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4 Ktn.

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110848328

eBook ISBN: 9783110848328

Hardcover ISBN: 9783110118117

Keywords for this book

Englisch; Kulturkontakt; Aufsatzsammlung; Fremdsprache

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